Pärnu County
Pärnu County
Pärnumaa | |
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Coat of arms | |
| Country | Estonia |
| Capital | Pärnu |
| Area | |
• Total | 4,806.68 km2 (1,855.87 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 85,705 |
| • Rank | 4th |
| • Density | 17.830/km2 (46.181/sq mi) |
| Ethnicity | |
| • Estonians | 89.5% |
| • Russians | 6.8% |
| • other | 3.3% |
| GDP | |
| • Total | €1.587 billion (2022) |
| • Per capita | €18,334 (2022) |
| ISO 3166 code | EE-68 |
| Vehicle registration | F |
Pärnu County (Estonian: Pärnu maakond or Pärnumaa; German: Kreis Pernau) is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It is located in the southwestern part of the country, on the coast of the Gulf of Riga, and it 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.
Pärnu County is the largest county of Estonia in terms of land area.