Perho

Perho is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Ostrobothnia region. The distance between Perho and the regional center Kokkola is about 100 kilometres (62 mi). The municipality has a population of 2,677 (31 December 2021)[6] and covers an area of 775.19 square kilometres (299.30 sq mi) of which 27.25 km2 (10.52 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 3.58 inhabitants per square kilometre (9.3/sq mi).

Perho
Municipality
Perhon kunta
Perho kommun
The municipal office of Perho
Coat of arms
Location of Perho in Finland
Coordinates: 63°13′N 024°25′E
Country Finland
RegionCentral Ostrobothnia
Sub-regionKaustinen sub-region
Charter1868
Government
 • Municipal managerLauri Laajala
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total775.19 km2 (299.30 sq mi)
 • Land747.94 km2 (288.78 sq mi)
 • Water27.25 km2 (10.52 sq mi)
 • Rank114th largest in Finland
Population
 (2021-12-31)[2]
 • Total2,677
 • Rank232nd largest in Finland
 • Density3.58/km2 (9.3/sq mi)
Population by native language
[3]
 • Finnish99.2% (official)
 • Swedish0.3%
 • Others0.5%
Population by age
[4]
 • 0 to 1425.5%
 • 15 to 6450%
 • 65 or older24.6%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Municipal tax rate[5]21.5%
Websitewww.perho.com

The municipality is unilingually Finnish. It neighbourhood municipalities are Alajärvi, Halsua, Kinnula, Kivijärvi, Kyyjärvi, Lestijärvi, Veteli and Vimpeli.

The name of Perho refers to the word perhonen, which means butterfly in Finnish; due to this, the golden butterfly appears in the coat of arms of the municipality. In the same coat of arms, the silver "nail cross" above the butterfly refers to J. L. Runeberg's poem The Tomb in Perho. The coat of arms was designed by Gustaf von Numers and was confirmed for use on March 6, 1953.[7]

History

In 1860, the large parish of Kokkola, which covers almost present-day Central Ostrobothnia, disintegrated and the parish of Veteli, which included the smaller parishes of Kaustinen, Halsua and Perho, was separated from it. Perho officially became a chapel parish five years later. Perho became an independent parish in 1879, and the first pastor took office in 1885. The first public library in the Kokkola region was established in Perho. Preacher Emanuel Snellman, locksmith Erkki Lakanen and Tuomas Taittonen were the handlers. As the former librarian of Vähäkyrö's library in the 1850s, Taittonen had made it the largest public library in the country.[8]

Transport

Highway 13, which connects the Central Finland region and the town of Kokkola, passes through Perho and also serves as a main street of village. There are two roundabouts in the village center.

Culture

Food

In the 1980s, turnip rieskas, flour-potato porridge and mashed lingonberry sauce were named Perho's traditional parish dishes.[9]

Notable people

Twinnings
  • Perho church
  • A roundabout in the village center
  • Osuuspankki bank
  • Perho's municipality border

See also

References
  1. "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. "Preliminary population structure by area, 2021M01*-2021M12*". StatFin (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  3. "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
  4. "Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  5. "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2021" (PDF). Tax Administration of Finland. 1 December 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  6. "Population by municipality as of 31 December 2009". Population Information System (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Archived from the original on 2010-12-02. Retrieved 13 January 2010.
  7. Suomen kunnallisvaakunat (in Finnish). Suomen Kunnallisliitto. 1982. ISBN 951-773-085-3.
  8. Olavi Antila, Anja Salminen & Olli Vilen (1980). Perinnealbumi. Keski-Pohjanmaa 2 (in Finnish). Kuopio: Kimy-kustannus. ISBN 951-840-003-2.
  9. Jaakko Kolmonen (1988). Kotomaamme ruoka-aitta: Suomen, Karjalan ja Petsamon pitäjäruoat (in Finnish). Helsinki: Patakolmonen. p. 164. ISBN 951-96047-3-1.
  10. "Antsla valla arengukava 2003–2012" (in Estonian). Antsla vald. p. 81. Retrieved 23 July 2011.

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