Pertteli

Pertteli (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈpertːeli]); Swedish: S:t Bertils) is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with Salo on January 1, 2009.

Pertteli Pertteli – S:t Bertils
Former municipality
Perttelin kunta S:t Bertils kommun
Haali Manor in Pertteli.
Coat of arms
Country	Finland
Province	Western Finland
Region	Southwest Finland
Sub-region	Salo
Merged with Salo	January 1, 2009
Seat	Inkere
Government
• City manager	Ilkka Salminen
Area
• Total	156.08 km2 (60.26 sq mi)
• Land	154.15 km2 (59.52 sq mi)
• Water	1.93 km2 (0.75 sq mi)
• Rank	356th
Population  (2003)
• Total	3,773
• Rank	248th
• Density	24.48/km2 (63.39/sq mi)
	+1.6 % change
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Official languages	Finnish
Urbanisation	59.5%
Unemployment rate	8.3%
Website	http://www.pertteli.fi/

It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland region. The municipality had a population of 3,833 (2004-12-31) and covered an area of 156.08 km² of which 1.93 km² is water. The population density was 24.87 inhabitants per km². Inkere was the administrative center of Pertteli.

The municipality was unilingually Finnish.

Saint Bartholomew is the namesake of the municipality and is the subject of the heraldic shield.^[1]