Purmo
{{Infobox settlement
|name = Purmo
|official_name = {{lang|sv|Purmo kommun}}
{{lang|fi|Purmon kunta}}
|settlement_type = Former municipality
|image_skyline = File:Purmon kirkko.jpg
|image_caption = Wooden church of Purmo
|image_shield = Purmo.vaakuna.svg
|image_map = Purmo.sijainti.svg
|mapsize = 150px
|map_caption = Location of Purmo in Finland
|pushpin_mapsize = 150px
|coordinates = {{Coord|63.522194|N|22.959333|E|region:FI|display=inline,title}}
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = Finland
|subdivision_type1 = Province
|subdivision_name1 = Vaasa Province
|subdivision_type2 = Region
|subdivision_name2 = Ostrobothnia
|seat = Lillby
|established_title = Established
|established_date = 1867
|extinct_title = Merged into Pedersöre
|extinct_date = 1977
|population_total = 1560
|population_as_of = 1976-12-31
|area_footnotes =
|area_land_km2 = 261.4
|area_water_km2 =
}}
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.{{Cite web |title=RKY |url=http://www.rky.fi/read/asp/r_kohde_det.aspx?KOHDE_ID=1629 |access-date=2022-06-13 |website=www.rky.fi}} 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.{{Cite web |title=The history of Purmo |url=https://global.purmo.com/en/about-us/history |access-date=2022-06-13 |website=global.purmo.com |language=en}}
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.{{Cite web|title=SuomalainenPaikannimikirja e-kirja kuvallinen.pdf|url=https://kaino.kotus.fi/www/verkkojulkaisut/julk63/SuomalainenPaikannimikirja_e-kirja_kuvallinen.pdf|page=353|access-date=October 10, 2022|website=kaino.kotus.fi|language=fi}}
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.{{Cite web|title=SuomalainenPaikannimikirja e-kirja kuvallinen.pdf|url=https://kaino.kotus.fi/www/verkkojulkaisut/julk63/SuomalainenPaikannimikirja_e-kirja_kuvallinen.pdf|page=353|access-date=October 10, 2022|website=kaino.kotus.fi|language=fi}}
Purmo was merged back into Pedersöre in 1977.
References
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Category:Former municipalities of Finland
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