{{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}} | mapframe = yes | mapframe-marker = town | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Finland}} | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = South Ostrobothnia | subdivision_type2 = Sub-region | subdivision_name2 = Suupohja | leader_title = Municipal manager | leader_name = Rami Mattila | 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 = EET |utc_offset = +02:00 |timezone_DST = EEST |utc_offset_DST = +03:00 | website = {{Official URL}} }} '''Teuva''' ({{langx|sv|Östermark}}) is a municipality of Finland.
It is located in the South Ostrobothnia 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.
== History ==
In 1954, the Finland-Swedish artist and author Tove Jansson created an altarpiece mural, ''Ten Virgins'', in Teuva's church,<ref name="biografiakeskus">{{cite web |url=http://www.kansallisbiografia.fi/english/?id=1395 |archive-date=7 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807230113/http://www.kansallisbiografia.fi/english/?id=1395 |url-status=live |title=Jansson, Tove (1914–2001) |last=Ahola |first=Suvi |year=2008 |work=Biografiakeskus |publisher=Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura |translator-last=Fletcher |translator-first=Roderick |access-date=4 February 2009 }}</ref> her only church painting.<ref>{{cite book |last=Karjalainen |first=Tuula |title=Tove Jansson: Work and Love |publisher=Penguin Books |year=2016 |orig-year=2013 |isbn=978-0-141-97882-6 |page=173}}</ref>
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.<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/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160522152701/http://www.pbs.org/pov/steamoflife/photo-gallery-mobile-sauna-festival/|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 22, 2016|title=Finlands Mobile Sauna Festival {{!}} Steam of Life {{!}} POV|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|archive-date=2014-04-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140429050716/http://www.aysto.fi/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==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 to 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== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category-inline}} {{Wikivoyage-inline}} *[https://teuva.fi/ Municipality of Teuva] – Official website
{{Geographic location | Centre = Teuva | N = Kurikka | E = Kauhajoki | S = Karijoki | SW = Kristinestad (Ostrobothnia) | W = Närpes (Ostrobothnia) | NW = }} {{SouthernOstrobothnia}}
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Category:Municipalities of South Ostrobothnia Category:Populated places established in 1868
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