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Former municipality in Eastern Uusimaa, Finland
Perna
(
Finland Swedish:
[?pæːrno]
,
Sweden
Swedish:
[?pæ?ː??]
;
Finnish
:
Pernaja
) is a
former municipality
of
Finland
.
Perna is located in the
province
of
Southern Finland
and was part of the
Eastern Uusimaa
region
. The municipality had a population of 3,961 (31 December 2009)
[2]
and covered an area of 1,107.07 square kilometres (427.44 sq mi) of which 687.6 km
2
(265.5 sq mi) is water.
[1]
The
population density
was 9.44 inhabitants per square kilometre (24.4/sq mi).
The municipality was bilingual, with the majority being
Swedish
and minority
Finnish
speakers.
Sarvlaks manor house, 1672-1683, Lorentz Creutz
Perna is the oldest municipality in the Eastern Uusimaa region. The current municipalities of
Lapinjarvi
,
Liljendal
and
Loviisa
were originally part of it.
Mikael Agricola
, the founder of written Finnish was born in Perna in the early 16th century. He is also considered to be the "Reformator of Finland" in the transfer from Catholicism to Lutheranism.
Situated conveniently by the coast, and engulfing also a small river, the lands of Perna were attractive at a time when waterways rather than proper roads provided the means of transport. There are a number of manor houses in the Perna area - most notably Sarvlaks manor, which dates back to the 1450s - at a time when Finland was a part of Sweden.
[3]
The origin of the name "Perna" is uncertain; some think it links with the
Uralic
word "Pern" meaning lime- or lindentree. "A" is Swedish for a small river, i.e. the name then being Lindenriver if translated.
On January 1, 2010, Perna was amalgamated with
Loviisa
,
Ruotsinpyhtaa
and
Liljendal
to form a new municipality of Loviisa.
[4]
People born in Perna
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Media related to
Perna
at Wikimedia Commons
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