Perho, Western Finland Province, Southwest Finland Region, Finland
🇫🇮 Perho is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Ostrobothnia region. The distance between Perho and the regional centre Kokkola is about 100 km (62 mi).
The municipality is unilingually Finnish. It neighbourhood municipalities are Alajärvi, Halsua, Kinnula, Kivijärvi, Kyyjärvi, Lestijärvi, Veteli and Vimpeli.
The name of Perho refers to the word perhonen, which means butterfly in Finnish; due to this, the golden butterfly appears in the coat of arms of the municipality. In the same coat of arms, the silver "nail cross" above the butterfly refers to J. L. Runeberg's poem The Tomb in Perho. The coat of arms was designed by Gustaf von Numers and was confirmed for use on March 6, 1953.
Transport Highway 13, which connects the Central Finland region and the town of Kokkola, passes through Perho and also serves as a main street of village. There are two roundabouts in the village center.
Perho is served by OnniBus.com route Helsinki—Jyväskylä—Kokkola.
Europe/Helsinki/Southwest_Finland
🇸🇪 Örnsköldsvik 63.283
🇳🇴 Kristiansund 63.1
🇫🇮 Hämeenlinna 24.459
🇷🇴 Târgu Mureș 24.565
🇺🇦 Iwano-Frankowsk 24.7
🇺🇦 Ivano-Frankivsk 24.7
🇷🇴 Râmnicu Vâlcea 24.367
🇧🇬 Pazardzhik 24.333
🇳🇦 Katima Mulilo 24.267
🇺🇦 Novovolynsk 24.163
Locations Near: Perho 24.4167,63.2167
🇫🇮 Ylivieska 24.533,64.067 d: 94.7
🇫🇮 Kokkola 23.131,63.839 d: 94
🇫🇮 Seinäjoki 22.841,62.789 d: 92.7
🇫🇮 Jyväskylä 25.748,62.243 d: 127.8
🇫🇮 Jakobstad 22.704,63.673 d: 99.1
🇫🇮 Tampere 23.757,61.498 d: 194.2
🇫🇮 Oulu 25.478,65.016 d: 206.6
🇫🇮 Hämeenlinna 24.459,60.997 d: 246.9
Antipodal to: Perho -155.583,-63.217
🇵🇫 Papeete -149.566,-17.537 d: 14914.7
🇹🇴 Nuku'alofa -175.216,-21.136 d: 15108.1
🇦🇸 Pago Pago -170.701,-14.279 d: 14446.9
🇼🇸 Apia -171.76,-13.833 d: 14379.8
🇺🇸 Hilo -155.089,19.725 d: 10792.3
🇺🇸 Maui -156.446,20.72 d: 10681.4
🇺🇸 Maui County -156.617,20.868 d: 10664.9
🇺🇸 Kahului -156.466,20.891 d: 10662.4