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 withSalo	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)
• Rank	235th
Population (2003)
• Total	6,023
• Rank	177th
• Density	15/km2(38/sq mi)
	−0.5% change
Time zone	UTC+2(EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3(EEST)
Officiallanguages	Finnish
Urbanisation	52.8%
Unemploymentrate	8.9%
Climate	Dfb
Website	http://www.pernio.fi/

Perniö(Finnish pronunciation:[ˈperniø];Swedish:Bjärnå) is aformer municipalityofFinland.It was consolidated withSaloon January 1, 2009.

It is located in theprovinceofWestern Finlandand is part of theSouthwest Finlandregion.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. Thepopulation densitywas 15.15 inhabitants per km².

The municipality was unilinguallyFinnish.

External links

Media related toPerniöat Wikimedia Commons

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