Keuruu is a municipality of Finland. The municipalities (kunta in Finnish, kommun in Swedish) represent the local level of self government in Finland and also act as the basic regional administrative units of the country. ...
It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Finlandregion. The municipality has a population of 11,395 (2003) and covers an area of 1,430.79 km² of which 170.17 km² is water. The population density is 8.0 inhabitants per km². Finland consists of 6 provinces (Finnish: läänit, Swedish: län), following a 1997 redesign that reduced their number from 12. ... The Province of Western Finland is a province of Finland. ... Central Finland is a region (maakunta / landskap) in the province of Western Finland. ... Finland is divided into 20 regions (maakunta/landskap in Finnish/Swedish). ... 2003 (MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ...
It was usually placed at the other end of the highest outhouse side building adjacent to the main building of a farm, but in the western parts of Keuruu area they were even placed on the central ridge of the roof of the main building.
The distances between the church in Keuruu and the villages were quite long and travelling was very slow.