Pärnu Coonty

Pärnu Coonty
Pärnu Coonty
	Coonty o Estonie
	Banner Coat airms
Kintra	Estonie
Caipital	Pärnu
Govrenment
• Govrenor	Andres Metsoja
Area
• Total	4807 km2 (1,856 sq mi)
Population (Jan 2009)
• Total	88,466
• Density	18/km2 (48/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code	EE-67

Pärnu Coonty (Estonie: Pärnu maakond), or Pärnumaa (German: Kreis Pernau), is ane o 15 coonties o Estonie. It is situatit in sooth-wastren pairt o the kintra, on the coast o Guwf o Riga, an borders Lääne an Rapla coonties tae the north, Järva an Viljandi coonties tae the east, an Latvie tae the sooth. 88,466 fowk live in Pärnu Coonty – constitutin 6.6% o the total population in Estonie (as o Januar 2009).^[1]

Pärnu Coonty is the lairgest coonty o Estonie in terms o laund aurie.

History

In Pärnu coonty thare is the auldest kent human dounset in Estonie, frae toun o Sindi 2 km upstream bi Pärnu River, near veelage Pulli. 8500 year BC. Mesolithic historical period.

Coonty Govrenment

The Coonty Govrenment (Estonie: Maavalitsus) is led bi Govrenor (Estonie: maavanem), who is appointit bi the Govrenment o Estonie for a term o five year. Syne 1 Januar 2010, the Govrenor position is held bi Andres Metsoja.

Tourism

The ceety o Pärnu is a popular holiday resort for Estonies an increasingly for nan-Estonies, e.g., frae Swaden, Finland, Germany, an Roushie.

Municipalities

The coonty is subdividit intae municipalities. Thare are 2 urban municipalities (Estonie: linnad – touns) an 19 landwart municipalities (Estonie: vallad – pairishes) in Pärnu Coonty.