Purmo

63.51703522.951874Koordinaten: 63 ° 31 'N, 22 ° 57 ' E

Purmo is part of the municipality Pedersöre in Finnish Ostrobothnia landscape with about 1400 inhabitants. The majority of the inhabitants are Finland Sweden.

Purmo consists of the villages Lillby, Nederpurmo ( FIG. Ala- Purmo ) aVist and Överpurmo ( FIG. Yli- Purmo ). The place was 1868-1976 an independent municipality. By a law Summary of municipalities in January 1977 Purmo was incorporated into the present municipality Pedersöre.

The site covers an area of ​​261.0 km2 and had in the community Äuflösung 1711 inhabitants. On January 1, 2012 lived in Purmo only 1433 inhabitants.

Attractions

The so-called " traffic controllers " in Överpurmo is Finland's largest boulder. There is an open air museum in Purmo ( Fagerbacka fäbodställe ) to life around 1900 and remains of a neolithic settlement ( Hundbacka ).

The wooden church in Purmo is from the year 1772.