Pertunmaa
Municipality in Southern Savonia, Finland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Pertunmaa (Finnish: [ˈpertumˌmɑː]) is a municipality of Finland located in the Southern Savonia region. The municipality has a population of 1,577 (31 December 2023)[5] and covers an area of 454.20 square kilometres (175.37 sq mi) of which 79.7 km2 (30.8 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 4.21 inhabitants per square kilometre (10.9/sq mi).
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Pertunmaa | |
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Municipality | |
Pertunmaan kunta Pertunmaa kommun | |
Coordinates: 61°30′10″N 026°28′45″E | |
Country | Finland |
Region | Southern Savonia |
Sub-region | Mikkeli sub-region |
Charter | 1926 |
Seat | Pertunmaa (Kirkonkylä) |
Government | |
• Municipal manager | Juha Torniainen |
Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 454.20 km2 (175.37 sq mi) |
• Land | 374.45 km2 (144.58 sq mi) |
• Water | 79.7 km2 (30.8 sq mi) |
• Rank | 207th largest in Finland |
Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 1,577 |
• Rank | 277th largest in Finland |
• Density | 4.21/km2 (10.9/sq mi) |
Population by native language | |
• Finnish | 96.1% (official) |
• Swedish | 0.3% |
• Others | 3.7% |
Population by age | |
• 0 to 14 | 10.1% |
• 15 to 64 | 51.2% |
• 65 or older | 38.7% |
Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
Website | www.pertunmaa.fi |
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Neighbour municipalities are Hartola, Heinola, Hirvensalmi, Mäntyharju and Joutsa. Pertunmaa became an independent municipality in 1926 when it was separated from Mäntyharju. Hartola's old wooden church was moved to Pertunmaa and it was inaugurated in 1927.
The language of the municipality is Finnish.