Pertteli Explained

Pertteli
Official Name:Finnish: Perttelin kunta
Swedish: S:t Bertils kommun
Native Name:Finnish: Pertteli – Swedish: S:t Bertils
Settlement Type:Former municipality
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within Finland
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Finland
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Western Finland
Subdivision Type2:Region
Subdivision Name2:Southwest Finland
Subdivision Type3:Sub-region
Subdivision Name3:Salo
Extinct Title:Merged with Salo
Extinct Date:January 1, 2009
Seat:Inkere
Leader Title:City manager
Leader Name:Ilkka Salminen
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:156.08
Area Land Km2:154.15
Area Water Km2:1.93
Area Rank:356th
Population Total:3,773
Population As Of:2003
Population Rank:248th
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Note:+1.6 % change
Blank Name:Official languages
Blank Info:Finnish
Blank1 Name:Urbanisation
Blank1 Info:59.5%
Blank2 Name:Unemployment rate
Blank2 Info:8.3%
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3
Website:http://www.pertteli.fi/

Pertteli (in Finnish pronounced as /ˈpertːeli/); Swedish: S:t Bertils) 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 3,833 (2004-12-31) and covered an area of 156.08 km2 of which 1.93 km2 is water. The population density was 24.87 inhabitants per km2. Inkere was the administrative center of Pertteli.

The municipality was unilingually Finnish.

Saint Bartholomew is the namesake of the municipality and is the subject of the heraldic shield.

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