Perniö

Perniö Perniö – Bjärnå
Former municipality
Perniön kunta Bjärnå kommun
Perniö church
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 km^2 (157.45 sq mi)
• Land	397.88 km^2 (153.62 sq mi)
• Water	9.91 km^2 (3.83 sq mi)
• Rank	235th
Population  (2003)
• Total	6,023
• Rank	177th
• Density	15/km^2 (38/sq mi)
	−0.5% change
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
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

Media related to Perniö at Wikimedia Commons

• http://www.pernio.fi/ – Official website (in Finnish)

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