Charter 1868 Municipal tax rate 20.5% Region Southern Ostrobothnia | Time zone EET (UTC+2) Local time Thursday 5:03 AM | |
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Area rank 154th largest in Finland Weather -6°C, Wind W at 6 km/h, 89% Humidity | ||
Teuva (Swedish: Östermark) is a municipality of Finland.
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Map of Teuva, 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.
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.
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.
Villages
Horo, Horonkylä, Kauppila, Kirkonkylä, Komsi, Korvenkylä, Luovankylä, Nori, Perälä, Piikkilänkylä, Riippi, Salonpää and Äystö.