Sauvo

Sauvo (Finnish: [ˈsɑu̯ʋo]; Swedish: Sagu) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Southwest Finland region. The municipality had a population of 2,968 (30 June 2025)^[2] and covers an area of 299.47 square kilometres (115.63 sq mi) of which 47.21 km² (18.23 sq mi) is water.^[1] The population density is 11.74 inhabitants per square kilometre (30.4/sq mi).

Sauvo Sagu
Municipality
Sauvon kunta Sagu kommun
The Sauvo Church
Coat of arms
Location of Sauvo in Finland
Coordinates: 60°20.5′N 022°41.5′E
Country	Finland
Region	Southwest Finland
Sub-region	Turku sub-region
Government
• Municipal manager	Satu Simelius
Area  (2018-01-01)[1]
• Total	299.47 km2 (115.63 sq mi)
• Land	252.77 km2 (97.60 sq mi)
• Water	47.21 km2 (18.23 sq mi)
• Rank	244th largest in Finland
Population  (2025-06-30)[2]
• Total	2,968
• Rank	214th largest in Finland
• Density	11.74/km2 (30.4/sq mi)
Population by native language [3]
• Finnish	91% (official)
• Swedish	2.3%
• Others	6.7%
Population by age [4]
• 0 to 14	15.1%
• 15 to 64	57.5%
• 65 or older	27.4%
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal code	21570
Climate	Dfb
Website	www.sauvo.fi

Like many waterside areas near major population centres, Sauvo's population increases every summer because of summer cottage usage. While vacationers are not reflected in the official statistics, they roughly double the population during the summer. Today it holds a stone church from the late 15th century, and many manor houses.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

History

Sauvo is home to a number of archaeological finds from the Iron Age. The first written mention of Sauvo dates back to the year of 1335.

The municipality of Karuna was merged into Sauvo in the year of 1969.

Notable persons

• Aatos Tapala, opera singer and actor
• Arno Jaatinen, Jäger major
• Arto Nuotio, singer
• Arvo Korsimo, politician
• Eero Rislakki, industrial engineer
• Esko Kiviranta, politician
• John Rosenbröijer, Jäger trooper
• Jorma Rinne, athlete
• Petri Laaksonen, musician
• Rami Sarmasto, actor and musician
• Sanna Perkiö, politician
• Veikko Palomaa, writer
• Eyolf Georg Mattsson, brigade commander of the Soviet Army
• Aleksi Lammela, sauvon paras gartic phonen pelaaja

Gallery

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  The church of Sauvo
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  Inside Sauvo's church
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  Church of Karuna
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  Old church of Karuna, today in Seurasaari