Purmo is a former municipality of

Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...

. It was incorporated into the rural municipality of

Pedersöre Pedersöre ( fi, Pedersören kunta, before 1989 ) is a municipality of Finland. Its seat is in Bennäs. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of () and covers a ...

(currently the municipality of Pedersöre) in Ostrobothnia in 1977. Purmo is home to a wooden church built by Antti Hakola in 1772. Approximately 1,400 people live in Purmo and like in Pedersöre, they are mainly

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-speaking. The Purmo Group, a manufacturing firm, was founded in Purmo in 1953.

Villages

*Nederpurmo *Överpurmo *Åvist *Lillby

Name

According to Lars Huldén, the name of Purmo may come from the Finnish words ''puro'' (stream) and ''maa'' (land) or from a North Karelian surname, ''Purmonen''. Other possibilities include a common origin with ''Purmoniemi'', a peninsula in

Evijärvi Evijärvi is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Southern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . Neighbouring municipalities are Kauhava, Kr ...

and ''Purmonsaari'', a hill in

Lappajärvi Lappajärvi is a municipalities of Finland, municipality in Finland in Southern Ostrobothnia regions of Finland, region. It is from Lappajärvi to Seinäjoki, to Kokkola and to Vaasa. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area ...

; as well as a relation to the South Ostrobothnian dialectal word ''purmu'' referring to a pit for storing beets during the winter.

History

Purmo was first mentioned as a village within the

parish in 1543. It became a chapel community in 1771 and an independent parish and municipality in 1867. Purmo was merged back into Pedersöre in 1977.

References

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