Pörtom
{{Infobox settlement
|name = Pörtom
|official_name = {{lang|sv|Pörtoms kommun}}
{{lang|fi|Pirttikylän kunta}}
|settlement_type = Former municipality
|image_skyline =
|image_caption =
|image_shield = Pirttikylä.vaakuna.svg
|image_map = Pirttikylä.sijainti.suomi.svg
|mapsize = 150px
|map_caption = Location of Pirttikylä in Finland
|pushpin_mapsize = 150px
|coordinates = {{coord|62|42|N|21|37|E|display=inline,title|region:FI_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki}}
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = Finland
|subdivision_type1 = Province
|subdivision_name1 = Vaasa Province
|subdivision_type2 = Region
|subdivision_name2 = Ostrobothnia
|seat = Pörtom
|established_title = Established
|established_date = 1859
|extinct_title = Merged into Närpes
|extinct_date = 1973
|population_total = 1783
|population_as_of = 1972-12-31
|area_footnotes =
|area_land_km2 = 220.3
|area_water_km2 =
}}
Pörtom (Finnish: Pirttikylä) is a former municipality in Ostrobothnia, Finland.{{cite web |title = Kommunstrukturen |url = http://www.obotnia.fi/medialibrary/data/Norrback-gruppens_betankande7-2-2006-%7B1rjky-nlcvt-hkbrv%7D.pdf |work = Kommun- och servicestrukturutredningen i landskapet Österbotten |publisher = Österbottens förbund - Pohjanmaan liitto |location = Helsinki |page = 20 |language = Swedish |date = 2006-02-06 |accessdate = 2009-05-18 }}{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} The municipality was consolidated with Närpes in 1973.{{cite web |title = Pörtom |url = http://hiski.genealogia.fi/seurakunnat/srk?CMD=SRK&ID=405&TYPE=HTML&LANG=SE |publisher = Genealogiska samfundet i Finland |location = Helsinki |language = Swedish |date = 2009-02-28 |accessdate = 2009-05-18 }} North Pörtom, however, was transferred to Malax in 1975.{{cite web |title = Finlands kommunvapen, Malax |url = http://www.kommunerna.net/k_perussivu.asp?path=255;264;522;86413;84472;84487 |publisher = Kuntaliitto - Kommunförbundet |location = Helsinki |language = Swedish |date = 2008-12-23 |accessdate = 2009-05-18 }}
The municipality was mostly Swedish-speaking.
History
Pörtom was first mentioned as Pörttom, Pörteby in 1558. The name Pörtom is the old dative case form of the word pörte, a loanword from Finnish pirtti referring to a type of cottage. The village was also known as Pirttilä in Finnish.{{Cite web|title=SuomalainenPaikannimikirja_e-kirja_kuvallinen.pdf|url=https://kaino.kotus.fi/www/verkkojulkaisut/julk63/SuomalainenPaikannimikirja_e-kirja_kuvallinen.pdf|page=338|access-date=December 30, 2022|website=kaino.kotus.fi|language=fi}}
Pörtom was initially a part of the Närpes parish. Pörtom acquired its first church in 1696 and a priest in 1702. It became a separate parish in 1859, remaining separate until it was transferred back to Närpes in 1973.{{Cite web|title=Suomen Sukututkimusseura|url=https://hiski.genealogia.fi/seurakunnat/srk?CMD=SRK&ID=405&TYPE=HTML&LANG=FI|access-date=December 30, 2022|website=hiski.genealogia.fi|language=fi}}
The Berga glass factory was active in Pörtom between 1796 and 1883. It was one of Finland's largest glass factories in the 1840s.{{Cite web|title=Suomalaisia lasitehtaita|url=http://www.edu.fi/oppimateriaalit/esine_elaa/lasi/lasitehtaita.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101016074747/http://www.edu.fi/oppimateriaalit/esine_elaa/lasi/lasitehtaita.html|archive-date=October 16, 2010|access-date=December 30, 2022|website=edu.fi|language=fi}}
Notable People
- Pali-Maija (1784-1867) - poet
References
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