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Töysä is a former municipality in Western Finland. It was consolidated to Alavus on 1 January 2013. It is part of the South Ostrobothnia region. The municipality had a population of (31 December 2012) and covered an area of of which was water. The population density is . Most inhabitants speak Finnish, with hardly any other languages being spoken.

Key facts

Settlement.name
Töysä
Settlement.settlement_type
Former municipality
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Töysä Church 3.jpg
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Töysä Church
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Töysä.vaakuna.svg
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Töysä.sijainti.suomi.2008.svg
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150px
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Location of Töysä in Finland
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150px
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
Finland
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Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1
South Ostrobothnia
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Sub-region
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Kuusiokunnat sub-region
Settlement.established_title
Charter
Settlement.established_date
1865
Settlement.extinct_title
Consolidated

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Töysä is a former municipality in Western Finland. It was consolidated to Alavus on 1 January 2013. It is part of the South Ostrobothnia region. The municipality had a population of (31 December 2012) and covered an area of of which was water. The population density is . Most inhabitants speak Finnish, with hardly any other languages being spoken.

Töysä is known for its shopping village Tuuri and the Veljekset Keskinen department store.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Töysä” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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