Teuva
Teuva
Östermark | |
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Municipality | |
| Teuvan kunta Östermarks kommun | |
 Municipal office | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Teuva in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 62°29′10″N 21°44′50″E / 62.48611°N 21.74722°ECoordinates: 62°29′10″N 21°44′50″E / 62.48611°N 21.74722°E | |
| Country |  Finland |
| Region | South Ostrobothnia |
| Sub-region | Suupohja sub-region |
| Charter | 1868 |
| Government | |
| • Municipal manager | Veli Nummela |
| Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
| • Total | 556.05 km2 (214.69 sq mi) |
| • Land | 554.66 km2 (214.16 sq mi) |
| • Water | 1.35 km2 (0.52 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 154th largest in Finland |
| Population (2021-03-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 4,978 |
| • Rank | 172nd largest in Finland |
| • Density | 8.97/km2 (23.2/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 99.1% (official) |
| • Swedish | 0.4% |
| • Others | 0.5% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 14.1% |
| • 15 to 64 | 51.6% |
| • 65 or older | 34.3% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 22.5% |
| Website | www.teuva.fi |
Teuva (Swedish: Östermark) is a municipality of Finland.
It is located in the South Ostrobothnia region. The population of Teuva is 4,978 (31 March 2021)[2] and the municipality covers an area of 554.66 km2 (214.16 sq mi) of which 1.35 km2 (0.52 sq mi) is inland water (1 January 2018).[1] The population density is 8.97/km2 (23.2/sq mi).
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
History[]
In August 2010, more than fifty pocket-sized saunas were gathered on a lakeside within Teuva for the fifth annual . Some six-thousand visitors attended the festival, doubling the population of Teuva for the weekend.[6][7]
Villages[]
Horo, ,[8] Kauppila, Kirkonkylä, Komsi, Korvenkylä, Luovankylä, Nori, Perälä, Piikkilänkylä, Riippi, and .[9]
Notable individuals[]
- Antti Rajamäki, sprinter
- Aulis Ranta-Muotio, politician
- Elonkerjuu, rock band
- , politician and Member of Parliament
- , professor and rector at the Åbo Akademi University from 2005-2014
- Jukka Rauhala, Olympic wrestler
- Lauri Ingman, theologian, bishop, politician and twice Prime Minister of Finland
- Mirjam Tuokkola, archer
- , a band
- , philosopher, writer, academic and professor
- , businessman
- Pauli Nevala, javelin thrower
- , professor
- , poet and priest
- , also known as Riskipiiku, professional Osu! player
Fictional individuals from Teuva[]
- Teuvan Tiltu
- Tsiisus Nieminen, singer from Teuva on [10]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Preliminary population structure by area, 2021M01*-2021M03*". StatFin (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
- ^ "Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003-2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2021" (PDF). Tax Administration of Finland. 1 December 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
- ^ "Mobile Sauna Festival in Teuva, Finland". the Guardian. 2010-08-10. Retrieved 2016-07-21.
- ^ POV. "Finlands Mobile Sauna Festival | Steam of Life | POV | PBS". Retrieved 2016-07-21.
- ^ "Tulevaisuus Teuvalla". www.teuva.fi. Archived from the original on 2016-08-14. Retrieved 2016-07-21.
- ^ "Äystö - Valoisa yrittäjäkylä | Äystö". www.aysto.fi. Retrieved 2016-07-21.
- ^ "Tsiisus Nieminen". Retrieved 2016-07-21.
External links[]
Media related to Teuva at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Teuva – Official website
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