What is Alavus?
{{Infobox settlement |name = Alavus | official_name = {{lang|fi|Alavuden kaupunki}}<br />{{lang|sv|Alavo stad}} | other_name = Alavo | settlement_type = Town | image_skyline = Kaupungintalo@Alavus.jpg | imagesize = 225px | image_caption = Former Alavus city hall, demolished in 2021 | image_shield = töysä.vaakuna.svg | shield_size = 120x80px | image_map = Alavus_sijainti_Suomi.svg | map_caption = Location of Alavus in Finland |coordinates = {{coord|62|35.5|N|023|37|E|display=inline,title}} |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{flag|Finland}} | subdivision_type1 = [[Regions of Finland|Region]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Southern Ostrobothnia]] | subdivision_type2 = [[Sub-regions of Finland|Sub-region]] | subdivision_name2 = Kuusiokunnat sub-region | leader_title = Town manager | leader_name = Liisa Heinämäki | established_title = [[Charter]] | established_date = 1865 | established_title2 = [[Market town]] | established_date2 = 1974 | established_title3 = [[Town privileges]] | established_date3 = 1977 |area_footnotes = {{Data Finland municipality|area_footnotes|Alavus}} |area_total_km2 = {{Data Finland municipality|area_total_km2|Alavus}} |area_land_km2 = {{Data Finland municipality|area_land_km2|Alavus}} |area_water_km2 = {{Data Finland municipality|area_water_km2|Alavus}} |area_rank = {{Data Finland municipality|area_rank|Alavus}} |population_as_of = {{Data Finland municipality|population_as_of|Alavus}} |population_footnotes = {{Data Finland municipality|population_footnotes|Alavus}} |population_total = {{Data Finland municipality|population_total|Alavus}} |population_density_km2 = {{Data Finland municipality|population_density_km2|Alavus}} |population_rank = {{Data Finland municipality|population_rank|Alavus}} |demographics_type1 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics_type1|Alavus}} |demographics1_footnotes = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics1_footnotes|Alavus}} |demographics1_title1 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics1_title1|Alavus}} |demographics1_info1 = {{Data Finland municipality|