Töysä is a former municipality in

Western Finland Western Finland ( fi, Länsi-Suomen lääni, sv, Västra Finlands län) was a province of Finland from 1997 to 2009. It bordered the provinces of Oulu, Eastern Finland and Southern Finland. It also bordered the Gulf of Bothnia towards Åland. ...

. It was consolidated to

Alavus Alavus ( sv, Alavo) is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southern Ostrobothnia region, southeast of Seinäjoki, north of Tampere and north of Helsinki. The town has a populati ...

on 1 January 2013. It is part of the

Southern Ostrobothnia South Ostrobothnia ( fi, Etelä-Pohjanmaa; sv, Södra Österbotten) is one of the 19 regions of Finland. It borders the regions of Ostrobothnia, Central Ostrobothnia, Central Finland, Pirkanmaa, and Satakunta. Among the Finnish regions, South ...

region In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as zones, lands or territories, are areas that are broadly divided by physical characteristics ( physical geography), human impact characteristics ( human geography), and the interaction of humanity an ...

. The municipality had a population of (31 December 2012) and covered an area of of which was water. The

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is . Most inhabitants speak

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, with hardly any other languages being spoken. Töysä is known for its shopping village

Tuuri Tuuri is a village in Alavus, a town of Finland. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southern Ostrobothnia region. The village has a population of 500. In Modern Finnish the appellative ''tuuri'' means 'luck'. T ...

and the

Veljekset Keskinen Veljekset Keskinen (''Keskinen Brothers'') is a department store in Tuuri, Alavus, Finland. It receives over 6 million customers per year, and is the largest department store in Finland. The store is a tourist attraction as well as a regular dep ...

department store.

History

The village of ''Töysäjärvi'' was established sometime before 1568. It was larger than the modern Töysä and a part of the

Lapua Lapua (; sv, Lappo) is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located next to the Lapua River in the region of South Ostrobothnia. The town has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The mun ...

parish. When the

Kuortane Kuortane is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the South Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The neighboring municipalities of Kuortane are Al ...

chapel community was formed in 1645, Töysäjärvi was one of its villages. By the 17th century, the village's name had been shortened to ''Töysä''. Its western part was called Ala-Töysä while the eastern part was called Yli-Töysä. In 1798, Kuortane became a parish while Yli-Töysä became a chapel community within Kuortane named ''Töysä''. At the same time, Ala-Töysä was moved to the

chapel community. The name ''Ala-Töysä'' was later supplanted by ''Ranta-Töysä''. Töysä became a municipality in 1865 and got a parish in 1926. Töysä was consolidated with Alavus in 2013.

Notable people

* Jari-Matti Latvala, rally driver *

Olli-Pekka Karjalainen Olli-Pekka Karjalainen (born 7 March 1980 in Töysä) is a Finnish former hammer thrower. The 1998 World Junior Champion, Karjalainen is the world junior record holder with 78.33 metres (7.26 kg). His personal best throw is 83.30, achiev ...

, former hammer thrower * Jani Wickholm, pop singer

References

External links

Municipality of Töysä
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