Teuva

Teuva
Östermark

Municipality

Teuvan kunta

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

Southern Ostrobothnia

Sub-region

Suupohja sub-region

Charter

1868

Government

• Municipal manager

Erkki Nevanperä

Area (2016-01-01)

• Total

554.70 km² (214.17 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 (2016-03-31)

• Total

5,459

• Rank

166th largest in Finland

• Density

9.84/km² (25.5/sq mi)

Population by native language

• Finnish

99.1% (official)

• Swedish

0.4%

• Others

0.5%

Population by age

• 0 to 14

14.8%

• 15 to 64

60.2%

• 65 or older

25%

Time zone

EET (UTC+2)

• Summer (DST)

EEST (UTC+3)

Municipal tax rate

20.5%

Website

www.teuva.fi

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

It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southern Ostrobothnia region. The population of Teuva is 5,459 (31 March 2016) 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 2016). The population density is 9.84/km² (25.5/sq mi).

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

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.

In 2014, K-9 units, local volunteers, a Frontier Guard helicopter and other emergency services took part in a search for a six-year-old girl, Eva, who was reported missing. To date, Eeva's whereabouts remain unknown.

Horo, Horonkylä, Kauppila, Kirkonkylä, Komsi, Korvenkylä, Luovankylä, Nori, Perälä, Piikkilänkylä, Riippi, Salonpää and Äystö.

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