Pertunmaa

Pertunmaa is a municipality in south-eastern Finland. It is located approximately 170 kilometers northeast of the capital, Helsinki, in the midst of the Finnish lake district.

The municipality is located on the historic boundary between the provinces of Savo and Häme. The first written mention dates from Pertunmaas 1559; the land register of the parish Sysmä registered for this year seven houses in the settlement. 1595 Pertunmaa became part of the newly established parish Mäntyharju and remained so for centuries. The communal independence obtained Pertunmaa only in 1926 after had previously solved the parish of the place after a long struggle by the parish Mäntyharjus.

The parish church of the parish was originally the old wooden church of the village 30 kilometers away Hartola. After the new granite church was consecrated Hartolas 1913, was for the old church no longer needed, and it was quickly sold to Pertunmaa, dismantled and rebuilt in Pertunmaa again.

Since the construction of the state highway 5, which crosses the south of the church, next to the village church of Pertunmaa Located on the road Kuortti place has grown to the settlement focus. In Kuortti the municipal administration has its headquarters also belong to the municipality of the villages Mansikkamäki, Nipuli, Lihavanpää, Joutsjärvi, Ruorasmäki, Koirakivi, Paaso, Hölttä, Vastamäki, Hartosenpää, Kuhajärvi, Karankamäki, Sydänmaa and Kälkyttä.

The school in Pertunmaa maintains a partnership with the middle school in Knetzgau.