Pärnu County ( Estonian : Pärnu maakond or Pärnumaa ; German : Kreis Pernau ) is one of 15 counties of Estonia . It is situated in the south-western part of the country, on the coast of Gulf of Riga , and borders Lääne and Rapla counties to the north, Järva and Viljandi counties to the east, and Latvia to the south. In 2022, Pärnu County had a population of 85,705 – constituting 6.4% of the total population of Estonia.
4-555: Pärnu County is the largest county of Estonia in terms of land area. In Pärnu county, there is the oldest known human settlement in Estonia, which is the town of Sindi , and it is 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) up the Pärnu River , near the village of Pulli . It dates back to 8500 BCE in the Mesolithic historical period. The administrative reform in Estonia abolished county governments by
8-413: A short period, as the area was later covered by water. As a swampy region, the area remained unpopulated until the 16th century. The town's name is derived from Clauss Zindt , a mayor of Pärnu in 1565, who founded a manor (Zintenhof) where the town is now. The settlement was formed in 1833 around a textile factory owned by the manor. It officially became a borough in 1921 and a town in 1938. Important to
12-583: Is a town in Tori Parish , in Pärnu County , Estonia , with a population of 3906 in 2017. It is located 14 kilometers from the county capital Pärnu , on the left coast of the Pärnu river . The area of what is now Sindi was the site of the Mesolithic settlement of Pulli , dating from around 8500 BCE – the oldest known settlement in Estonia. It was discovered by geologists in 1965. The settlement probably existed for
16-815: The end of 2017. Before that, counties were led by a governor , who was appointed by the Government of Estonia for a term of five years. Previous county governors: The city of Pärnu is a popular holiday resort for Estonians and increasingly for non-Estonians, e.g., from Sweden, Finland, Germany, and Russia. The county is subdivided into municipalities . There is one urban municipality (Estonian: linnad – towns) and six rural municipalities (Estonian: vallad – parishes) in Pärnu County. Religion in Pärnu County (2021) [1] 58°25′N 24°35′E / 58.417°N 24.583°E / 58.417; 24.583 Sindi, Estonia Sindi ( German : Zintenhof )
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