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Perho

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Perho

Total population

2,923

Founded

1868

Elevation157 m
Land area747.87 km²
Coordinates63.21°, 24.42°

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City facts

Founded
1868
Elevation
157 m
Area
747.87 km²
Official website
perho.com

Sister cities

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Overview

Perho is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Ostrobothnia region. The distance between Perho and the regional center Kokkola is about 100 kilometres (62 mi). The municipality has a population of 2,547 and covers an area of 775.19 square kilometres (299.30 sq mi) of which 27.25 km2 (10.52 sq mi) is water. The population density is 3.41 inhabitants per square kilometre (8.8/sq mi).

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History & geography

History

In 1860, the large parish of Kokkola, which covers almost present-day Central Ostrobothnia, disintegrated and the parish of Veteli, which included the smaller parishes of Kaustinen, Halsua and Perho, was separated from it. Perho officially became a chapel parish five years later. Perho became an independent parish in 1879, and the first pastor took office in 1885. The first public library in the Kokkola region was established in Perho. Preacher Emanuel Snellman, locksmith Erkki Lakanen and were the handlers. As the former librarian of Vähäkyrö's library in the 1850s, Taittonen had made it the largest public library in the country.

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Geography

Latitude
63.2144
Longitude
24.4196
Water area
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Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

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Notable people from here

R
Rami Hietaniemi
Finnish wrestler
E
Eero Tuomaala
Olympic athlete
Marita Liulia
Marita Liulia
Finnish artist (born 1957)
Eino Palovesi
Eino Palovesi
Finnish politician
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Lauri Linna
Finnish politician
H
Hannu Aho
Finnish politician
Heimo Linna
Heimo Linna
Finnish politician
V
Viljo Lampela
Finnish actor and filmmaker
Helena Aksela
Helena Aksela
Finnish physicist
Erika Jänkä
Erika Jänkä
Finnish biathlete
U
Uno Wegelius
Finnish priest
E
Eino Tammisto
Finnish engineer (1898–1985)
M
Mikko Korkiakangas
Finnish psychologist and university teacher (1945-2023)
B
Bror Balder Hemmer

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Geography & sun

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
2.42
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
882

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

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Wikipedia views (last 30 days)
131
Avg daily Wikipedia views
5
Attention level
Obscure

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Sources

  • • Wikipedia
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  • • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image