Perniö

Perniön kunta
Former municipality

Coat of arms
Country Finland
Province Western Finland
Region Southwest Finland
Sub-region Salo
Merged with Salo January 1, 2009
Government
  City manager Pentti Vanhatalo
Area
  Total 407.79 km2 (157.45 sq mi)
  Land 397.88 km2 (153.62 sq mi)
  Water 9.91 km2 (3.83 sq mi)
Area rank 235th
Population (2003)
  Total 6,023
  Rank 177th
  Density 15/km2 (38/sq mi)
  0.5 % change
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Official languages Finnish
Urbanisation 52.8%
Unemployment rate 8.9%
Climate Dfb
Website http://www.pernio.fi/

Perniö (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈperniø]; Swedish: Bjärnå) is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with Salo on January 1, 2009.

It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland region. The municipality had a population of 6,026 (2004-12-31) and covered an area of 407.79 km² (excluding sea) of which 9.91 km² is inland water. The population density was 15.15 inhabitants per km².

The municipality was unilingually Finnish.

External links

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Coordinates: 60°12′15″N 23°07′20″E / 60.20417°N 23.12222°E / 60.20417; 23.12222


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