Teisko () is a village and former municipality in

Pirkanmaa Pirkanmaa (; sv, Birkaland; la, Birkaria, link=no), also known as ''Tampere Region'' in government documents, is a region of Finland. It borders the regions of Satakunta, South Ostrobothnia, Central Finland, Päijät-Häme, Kanta-Häme and ...

region,

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. It was consolidated in 1972 with

Tampere Tampere ( , , ; sv, Tammerfors, ) is a city in the Pirkanmaa region, located in the western part of Finland. Tampere is the most populous inland city in the Nordic countries. It has a population of 244,029; the urban area has a population ...

, and at the same time Tampere got new districts:

Kämmenniemi Kämmenniemi () is a district, a statistical area and an urban area of Tampere, Finland, located in the area of the former municipality of Teisko. The regional road 338 between Tampere and Ruovesi runs through Kämmenniemi. The distance from the ...

, Polso, Terälahti and Velaatta. Teisko's neighboring municipalities were

Kangasala Kangasala is a city in Finland which is situated about 16 kilometres East of Tampere. The city was founded in 1865 and had a population of people as of . Kangasala covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . Finnish ...

, Kuru,

Orivesi Orivesi () is a town and a municipality of Finland. It is part of the Pirkanmaa region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The municipality official language is monoling ...

Ruovesi Ruovesi is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Pirkanmaa region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . Neighbouring municipalities are Juupajoki, Mänttä-Vilp ...

, Aitolahti and

Ylöjärvi Ylöjärvi () is a town and a municipality in the Pirkanmaa region, northwest of Tampere and north of the capital city Helsinki in Finland. The town has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . ...

. Initially, the municipality comprised areas on both sides of Lake Näsijärvi, but in 1954, the areas west of Lake Näsijärvi were connected to Ylöjärvi and Kuru. The landscape of Teisko alternates between high, often steep

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s and deep, in some places gorge-like

valley A valley is an elongated low area often running between hills or mountains, which will typically contain a river or stream running from one end to the other. Most valleys are formed by erosion of the land surface by rivers or streams ov ...

s. The most significant valley is the

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formed by Kaitavesi, Paarlahti and Peräjärvi, which stretches almost 15 kilometers east of Lake Näsijärvi. In the northeast corner of the former municipality, the terrain rises to almost 200 meters above

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and many of the hill peaks cross it. The largest of Teisko's numerous lakes is Lake Velaatta, which flows into Lake Näsijärvi's Terälahti. The shoreline of Lake Näsijärvi is very broken with its numerous bays and islands. Alongside the traditional rural settlement, a fairly large number of summer

villa A villa is a type of house that was originally an ancient Roman upper class country house. Since its origins in the Roman villa, the idea and function of a villa have evolved considerably. After the fall of the Roman Republic, villas became sm ...

s have risen since the 1950s. Teisko is home to Teisko's Radio and Television Station (mast height 325 m) and Murikka College (''Murikka-opisto''), the Folk High School for Working Life. Teisko's attractions include Teisko Church, Teisko Museum, and the Velaatta Milk Platform Museum, which has been named the smallest museum in Europe. The theme of Teisko's former

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is mainly related to

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, but also to the old home industry culture in general. The shape of the tie iron simultaneously refers to the first letter of the name of the municipality. The coat of arms was designed by Olof Eriksson and approved by the Teisko Municipal Council at its meeting on June 24, 1958. The coat of arms was approved for use by the

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on October 1 of the same year.

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- Official Site (in Finnish) Villages in Finland Former municipalities of Finland Tampere {{WesternFinland-geo-stub

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