Teuva

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

Teuva Östermark
Municipality
Teuvan kunta Östermarks kommun
Municipal office
Coat of arms
Location of Teuva in Finland
Coordinates: 62°29′10″N 21°44′50″E
Country	Finland
Region	South Ostrobothnia
Sub-region	Suupohja
Charter	1868
Government
• Municipal manager	Veli Nummela
Area  (2018-01-01)[1]
• Total	556.05 km2 (214.69 sq mi)
• Land	554.73 km2 (214.18 sq mi)
• Water	1.35 km2 (0.52 sq mi)
• Rank	154th largest in Finland
Population  (2024-12-31)[2]
• Total	4,662
• Rank	173rd largest in Finland
• Density	8.4/km2 (22/sq mi)
Population by native language [3]
• Finnish	96.7% (official)
• Swedish	0.9%
• Others	2.4%
Population by age [4]
• 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)
Website	www.teuva.fi

It is located in the South Ostrobothnia region. The population of Teuva is 4,662 (31 December 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 8.4/km² (22/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.^[5][6]

Villages

• Horo
• Horonkylä^[7]
• Kauppila
• Kirkonkylä
• Komsi
• Korvenkylä
• Luovankylä
• Nori
• Perälä
• Piikkilänkylä
• Riippi
• Salonpää
• Äystö^[8]

Notable individuals

• Antti Rajamäki, sprinter
• Aulis Ranta-Muotio, politician
• Elonkerjuu, rock band
• Helge Saarikoski, politician and Member of Parliament
• Jorma Mattinen, 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
• 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

1. "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
2. "Population increased most in Uusimaa in 2024". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2025-01-23. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2025-01-23.
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. "Mobile Sauna Festival in Teuva, Finland". the Guardian. 2010-08-10. Retrieved 2016-07-21.
6. POV. "Finlands Mobile Sauna Festival | Steam of Life | POV | PBS". Retrieved 2016-07-21.
7. "Tulevaisuus Teuvalla". www.teuva.fi. Archived from the original on 2016-08-14. Retrieved 2016-07-21.
8. "Äystö - Valoisa yrittäjäkylä | Äystö". www.aysto.fi. Retrieved 2016-07-21.

External links

Media related to Teuva at Wikimedia Commons Teuva travel guide from Wikivoyage

• Municipality of Teuva – Official website