Pernå is a former municipality of Finland. Pernå is located in the province of Southern Finland and was part of the Eastern Uusimaa region. The municipality had a population of 3,961 and covered an area of 1,107.07 square kilometres of which 687.6 km2 is water. The population density was 9.44 inhabitants per square kilometre . The municipality was bilingual, with the majority being Swedish and minority Finnish speakers. Pernå is the oldest municipality in the Eastern Uusimaa region. The current municipalities of Lapinjärvi, Liljendal and Loviisa were originally part of it. Mikael Agricola, the founder of written Finnish was born in Pernå in the ea...
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