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Teuva

Teuva
Östermark
Municipality
Teuvan kunta
Östermarks kommun
Municipal office
Municipal office
Coat of arms of Teuva
Location of Teuva in Finland
Location of Teuva in Finland
Coordinates: 62°29′10″N 21°44′50″E / 62.48611°N 21.74722°E / 62.48611; 21.74722
Country Finland
RegionSouth Ostrobothnia
Sub-regionSuupohja sub-region
Charter1868
Government
 • Municipal managerVeli Nummela
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total
556.05 km2 (214.69 sq mi)
 • Land554.73 km2 (214.18 sq mi)
 • Water1.35 km2 (0.52 sq mi)
 • Rank154th largest in Finland
Population
 (2024-10-31)[2]
 • Total
4,668
 • Rank173rd largest in Finland
 • Density8.41/km2 (21.8/sq mi)
Population by native language
 • Finnish96.7% (official)
 • Swedish0.9%
 • Others2.4%
Population by age
 • 0 to 1414.1%
 • 15 to 6451.6%
 • 65 or older34.3%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Websitewww.teuva.fi

Teuva (Swedish: Östermark) is a municipality of Finland.

It is located in the South Ostrobothnia region. The population of Teuva is 4,668 (31 October 2024)[2] and the municipality covers an area of 554.73 km2 (214.18 sq mi) of which 1.35 km2 (0.52 sq mi) is inland water (1 January 2018).[1] The population density is 8.41/km2 (21.8/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 Mobile Sauna Festival. Some six-thousand visitors attended the festival, doubling the population of Teuva for the weekend.[6][7]

Villages

Notable individuals

References

  1. ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Finland's preliminary population figure was 5,635,560 at the end of October 2024". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2024-11-19. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
  3. ^ "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2024-04-26. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ a b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  6. ^ "Mobile Sauna Festival in Teuva, Finland". the Guardian. 2010-08-10. Retrieved 2016-07-21.
  7. ^ POV. "Finlands Mobile Sauna Festival | Steam of Life | POV | PBS". Retrieved 2016-07-21.
  8. ^ "Tulevaisuus Teuvalla". www.teuva.fi. Archived from the original on 2016-08-14. Retrieved 2016-07-21.
  9. ^ "Äystö - Valoisa yrittäjäkylä | Äystö". www.aysto.fi. Retrieved 2016-07-21.

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