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{{Infobox settlement
|name = Pertunmaa
| official_name = {{lang|fi|Pertunmaan kunta}}<br />{{lang|sv|Pertunmaa kommun}}
| settlement_type = Former municipality
| image_skyline = Pertunmaan kunnantalo - Pertuntie 14 - Pertunmaa - 2.jpg
| image_caption = Pertunmaa town hall
| image_shield = Pertunmaa.vaakuna.svg
| shield_size = 120x80px
| image_map = Pertunmaa sijainti Suomi.svg
| map_caption = Location of Pertunmaa in Finland
|coordinates = {{coord|61|30|10|N|026|28|45|E|display=inline,title}}
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = {{flag|Finland}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[Regions of Finland|Region]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[South Savo]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Sub-regions of Finland|Sub-region]]
| subdivision_name2 = Mikkeli sub-region
| seat = [[Pertunmaa (village)|Pertunmaa]] (''Kirkonkylä'')
| established_title = [[Charter]]
| established_date = 1926
|extinct_title          = Consolidated
|extinct_date           = 2025
|area_footnotes = <ref name="total_area">{{cite web | url=http://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi/sites/maanmittauslaitos.fi/files/attachments/2018/01/Suomen_pa_2018_kunta_maakunta.pdf | title=Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018 | website=National Land Survey of Finland | access-date=30 January 2018}}</ref>
|area_total_km2 = 454.20
|area_land_km2 = 374.45
|area_water_km2 = 79.7
|population_as_of = 2024-12-31
|population_footnotes = <ref name="population_count">{{cite web |url= https://stat.fi/en/publication/cm0njtpitjj3a08w3km79kf4k |title= Population increased most in Uusimaa in 2024 |date= 2025-01-23 |series= Population structure |publisher= Statistics Finland |issn= 1797-5395  |access-date=2025-01-23 }}</ref>
|population_total = 1,527
|population_density_km2 = 4.12
|timezone = [[Eastern European Time|EET]]
|utc_offset = +02:00
|timezone_DST = [[Eastern European Summer Time|EEST]]
|utc_offset_DST = +03:00
}}
'''Pertunmaa''' ({{IPA|fi|ˈpertumˌmɑː|lang}}) is a [[List of former municipalities of Finland|former municipality]] of [[Finland]] located in the [[South Savo|South Savo region]]. The municipality was merged to the municipality of [[Mäntyharju]] on 1 January 2025.<ref name="yle_20240513">{{cite web|url=https://yle.fi/a/74-20088466|title=Pertunmaa ja Mäntyharju äänestivät kuntaliitoksesta – kummankin valtuusto hyväksyi yhdistymisen|first=Virpi|last=Kotilainen|work=[[Yle]]|date=13 May 2025|access-date=17 May 2024|language=fi}}</ref>

The municipality had a [[population]] of 1,541 and covered an area of 454.20 km2 (175.37 sq mi) of which 79.7 km2 (30.8 sq mi) was [[water]].<ref name="total_area" /> The [[population density]] was 4.12/km2 (10.7/sq mi). The [[language]] of the [[municipality]] was [[Finnish language|Finnish]].

Neighbour municipalities were [[Hartola (Finland)|Hartola]], [[Heinola]], [[Hirvensalmi]], [[Mäntyharju]] and [[Joutsa]]. Pertunmaa became an independent municipality in [[1926]] when it was separated from Mäntyharju. Hartola's old wooden church was moved to Pertunmaa and it was inaugurated in [[1927]].

Due to the long-lasting economic difficulties, Pertunmaa was incorporated into Mäntyharju on January 1, 2025.<ref name="yle_20240513" />

==Culture==
[[File:Pertunmaan kirkko - Kirkkotie 2a - Pertunmaa - 1.jpg|thumb|left|[[Pertunmaa Church]]]]
Geographically, the municipality of Pertunmaa is situated at the junction of two culturally distinct regions: [[Savo (historical province)|Savo]] and eastern [[Häme]].<ref name="HIST">{{cite web| url= https://www.pertunmaa.fi/historia | title= Historia | publisher= Municipality of Pertunmaa | access-date= May 22, 2022 | language= fi}}</ref> Also, ''[[Itä-Häme (newspaper)|Itä-Häme]]'' (literally "[[Itä-Häme|East Tavastia]]") newspaper is also distributed in Pertunmaa.<ref>[https://www.itahame.fi/aihe/Pertunmaan_kunta Pertunmaan kunta] - ''[[Itä-Häme (newspaper)|Itä-Häme]]'' (in Finnish)</ref>

According to a common legend in the locality, Pertunmaa is named after a man called Perttu, who once ruled the whole of Pertunmaa (literally the "land of [[Perttu (name)|Perttu]]") alone.<ref name="HIST"/> The [[coat of arms]] of the municipality, the explanation of which is “a golden flame in a red field with a black [[Ear (botany)|ear]],” has its origins in the [[Slash-and-burn|slash-and-burn cultivation]] in ancient times. The coat of arms, designed by Tapio Vallioja, was approved at a meeting of the Pertunmaa Municipal Council on April 14, 1965, and the coat of arms was officially approved for use by the [[Ministry of the Interior (Finland)|Ministry of the Interior]] on July 1 of that year.<ref>{{cite book| title= Suomen kunnallisvaakunat | publisher= Suomen Kunnallisliitto | year= 1982 | page= 154 | isbn= 951-773-085-3 | language= fi}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| title= Sisäasiainministeriön vahvistamat kaupunkien, kauppaloiden ja kuntien vaakunat 1949-1995 I:11 Pertunmaa | url= http://digi.narc.fi/digi/fullpic.ka?kuid=1539239 | publisher= Kansallisarkiston digitaaliarkisto | access-date= May 22, 2022 | language= fi}}</ref>

In the 1980s, [[blodpalt]] called ''Kisko'', and ''Rieska'' breads baked from [[rye]] flour, [[cream]] and [[sour cream]], which are baked with [[cabbage]] leaves, were named Pertunmaa's traditional dishes.<ref>{{cite book | author=Kolmonen, Jaakko | title=Kotomaamme ruoka-aitta: Suomen, Karjalan ja Petsamon pitäjäruoat | pages = 122–123| location=Helsinki | publisher=Patakolmonen | year=1988 | isbn= 951-96047-3-1 | language = fi}}</ref>
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==Villages==
Pertunmaa's [[Pertunmaa (village)|church village]] (''Pertunmaan kirkonkylä'') and [[Kuortti]] are the largest and most populous villages of the municipality.

Other smaller villages are Hartosenpää, Hölttä, Joutsjärvi, Karankamäki, Kirkonkylä, Koirakivi, Kuhajärvi, Kälkyttä, Lihavanpää, Mansikkamäki, Nipuli, Ruorasmäki, Ruuttila, Sydänmaa and Vastamäki.

==Notable people==
* [[Jari Leppä]], the [[Minister of Agriculture and Forestry (Finland)|Minister of Agriculture and Forestry]]
* [[Vesa Törnroos]], a [[sports shooter]]
* [[Kari Uotila]], a politician

==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category-inline|Pertunmaa}}
{{wikivoyage-inline|Pertunmaa}}

{{Geographic location
 | Centre = Pertunmaa
 | N  = [[Joutsa]] ([[Central Finland]])
 | NE = [[Hirvensalmi]]
 | E  = [[Mäntyharju]]
 | S  = [[Mäntyharju]]
 | SW = [[Heinola]] ([[Päijät-Häme]])
 | W  = [[Hartola, Finland|Hartola]] ([[Päijät-Häme]])
}}
{{SouthernSavonia}}
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[[Category:Pertunmaa| ]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1926]]
[[Category:Former municipalities of Finland]]
[[Category:Mäntyharju]]
[[Category:Populated places disestablished in 2025]]