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{{Infobox settlement |name = Teuva | official_name = {{lang|fi|Teuvan kunta}}<br />{{lang|sv|Östermarks kommun}} | other_name = Östermark | settlement_type = Municipality | image_skyline = Teuva kunnantalo 2017.jpg | image_caption = Municipal office | image_shield = Teuva.vaakuna.svg | shield_size = 120x80px | image_map = Teuva_sijainti_Suomi.svg | map_caption = Location of Teuva in Finland |coordinates = {{coord|62|29|10|N|21|44|50|E|display=inline,title}} |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{flag|Finland}} | subdivision_type1 = [[Regions of Finland|Region]] | subdivision_name1 = [[South Ostrobothnia]] | subdivision_type2 = [[Sub-regions of Finland|Sub-region]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Suupohja]] | leader_title = Municipal manager | leader_name = Veli Nummela | established_title = [[Charter]] | established_date = 1868 |area_footnotes = {{Data Finland municipality|area_footnotes|Teuva}} |area_total_km2 = {{Data Finland municipality|area_total_km2|Teuva}} |area_land_km2 = {{Data Finland municipality|area_land_km2|Teuva}} |area_water_km2 = {{Data Finland municipality|area_water_km2|Teuva}} |area_rank = {{Data Finland municipality|area_rank|Teuva}} |population_as_of = {{Data Finland municipality|population_as_of|Teuva}} |population_footnotes = {{Data Finland municipality|population_footnotes|Teuva}} |population_total = {{Data Finland municipality|population_total|Teuva}} |population_density_km2 = {{Data Finland municipality|population_density_km2|Teuva}} |population_rank = {{Data Finland municipality|population_rank|Teuva}} |demographics_type1 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics_type1|Teuva}} |demographics1_footnotes = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics1_footnotes|Teuva}} |demographics1_title1 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics1_title1|Teuva}} |demographics1_info1 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics1_info1|Teuva}} |demographics1_title2 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics1_title2|Teuva}} |demographics1_info2 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics1_info2|Teuva}} |demographics1_title3 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics1_title3|Teuva}} |demographics1_info3 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics1_info3|Teuva}} |demographics1_title4 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics1_title4|Teuva}} |demographics1_info4 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics1_info4|Teuva}} |demographics_type2 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics_type2|Teuva}} |demographics2_footnotes = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics2_footnotes|Teuva}} |demographics2_title1 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics2_title1|Teuva}} |demographics2_info1 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics2_info1|Teuva}} |demographics2_title2 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics2_title2|Teuva}} |demographics2_info2 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics2_info2|Teuva}} |demographics2_title3 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics2_title3|Teuva}} |demographics2_info3 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics2_info3|Teuva}} |blank_name = {{Data Finland municipality|blank_name|Teuva}} |blank_info = {{Data Finland municipality|blank_info|Teuva}} |timezone = [[Eastern European Time|EET]] |utc_offset = +02:00 |timezone_DST = [[Eastern European Summer Time|EEST]] |utc_offset_DST = +03:00 | website = [http://www.teuva.fi/ www.teuva.fi] }} '''Teuva''' ({{langx|sv|Östermark}}) is a [[municipalities of Finland|municipality]] of [[Finland]]. It is located in the [[South Ostrobothnia]] [[regions of Finland|region]]. The population of Teuva is {{formatnum: {{Data Finland municipality/population count|Teuva}}}} ({{#time: j F Y|{{Data Finland municipality/population count|sourcedate}} }})<ref name="population_count" /> and the municipality covers an area of {{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/land area|Teuva}}|km2|abbr=on}} of which {{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/inland waters area|Teuva}}|km2|abbr=on}} is inland water ({{#time: j F Y|{{Data Finland municipality/total area|sourcedate}} }}).<ref name="total_area" /> The population density is {{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/population density|Teuva|round=2}}|PD/km2|abbr=on}}. The municipality is unilingually [[Finnish language|Finnish]]. == History == In August 2010, more than fifty pocket-sized [[sauna]]s 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/gallery/2010/aug/10/mobile-sauna-festival-teuva-finland|title=Mobile Sauna Festival in Teuva, Finland|date=2010-08-10|website=the Guardian|access-date=2016-07-21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/pov/steamoflife/photo-gallery-mobile-sauna-festival/|title=Finlands Mobile Sauna Festival {{!}} Steam of Life {{!}} POV {{!}} PBS|last=POV|language=en-US|access-date=2016-07-21}}</ref> ==Villages== * Horo * [[Horonkylä]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.teuva.fi/tulevaisuus_teuvalla/horo.html|title=Tulevaisuus Teuvalla|website=www.teuva.fi|access-date=2016-07-21|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160814230002/http://www.teuva.fi/tulevaisuus_teuvalla/horo.html|archivedate=2016-08-14}}</ref> * Kauppila * Kirkonkylä * Komsi * Korvenkylä * Luovankylä * Nori * Perälä * Piikkilänkylä * Riippi * [[Salonpää]] * [[Äystö]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.aysto.fi/|title=Äystö - Valoisa yrittäjäkylä {{!}} Äystö|website=www.aysto.fi|access-date=2016-07-21}}</ref> ==Notable individuals== *[[Antti Rajamäki]], sprinter *[[Aulis Ranta-Muotio]], politician *[[Elonkerjuu]], rock band *[[Helge Saarikoski]], politician and Member of [[Parliament of Finland|Parliament]] *[[Jorma Mattinen]], professor and rector at the [[Åbo Akademi University]] from 2005 to 2014 *[[Jukka Rauhala]], Olympic wrestler *[[Lauri Ingman]], theologian, bishop, politician and twice [[Prime Minister of Finland]] *Mirjam Tuokkola, archer *[[Nicole (band)|Nicole]], a band *[[Oiva Ketonen]], philosopher, writer, academic and professor *[[Otto Syreeni]], businessman *[[Pauli Nevala]], javelin thrower *[[Severi Savonen]], professor *[[Simo Korpela]], poet and priest *[[Roppal]], also known as Riskipiiku, professional Osu! player ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{Commons category-inline}} {{Wikivoyage-inline}} *[http://www.teuva.fi/ Municipality of Teuva] – Official website {{Geographic location | Centre = Teuva | N = [[Kurikka]] | E = [[Kauhajoki]] | S = [[Karijoki]] | SW = [[Kristinestad]] ([[Ostrobothnia (administrative region)|Ostrobothnia]]) | W = [[Närpes]] ([[Ostrobothnia (administrative region)|Ostrobothnia]]) | NW = }} {{SouthernOstrobothnia}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Municipalities of South Ostrobothnia]] [[Category:Populated places established in 1868]] {{WesternFinland-geo-stub}}
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