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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Purmo
Purmo is a former municipality of Finland. It was incorporated into the rural municipality of Pedersöre (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 Swedish-speaking.

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

Villages

  • Nederpurmo
  • Överpurmo
  • 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 and Purmonsaari, a hill in Lappajärvi; 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 Pedersöre 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

  1. ^ "RKY". www.rky.fi. Retrieved 2022-06-13.
  2. ^ "The history of Purmo". global.purmo.com. Retrieved 2022-06-13.
  3. ^ "SuomalainenPaikannimikirja e-kirja kuvallinen.pdf" (PDF). kaino.kotus.fi (in Finnish). p. 353. Retrieved October 10, 2022.
  4. ^ "SuomalainenPaikannimikirja e-kirja kuvallinen.pdf" (PDF). kaino.kotus.fi (in Finnish). p. 353. Retrieved October 10, 2022.


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