Perniö

Perniö (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈperniø]; Swedish: Bjärnå) is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with Salo on January 1, 2009.

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 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)
Official languages	Finnish
Urbanisation	52.8%
Unemployment rate	8.9%
Climate	Dfb
Website	http://www.pernio.fi/

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.