Perno is a district

District

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 in the Naantalintie

Naantalintie (ward)

Naantalintie is a ward of Turku, Finland, also known as Ward 8. The ward is located to the west of the city and named after the major route that passes through the ward in the direction of Naantali...

 ward of the city of Turku

Turku

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, in Finland

Finland

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. It is located to the west of the city, and is mainly a high-density residential suburb

Suburb

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. There is also a large maritime dock

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 located there.

The current population of Perno is 2,513, and it is increasing at an annual rate of 0.28%. 17.83% of the district's population are under 15 years old, while 9.39% are over 65. The district's linguistic

Language

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 makeup is 90.81% Finnish

Finnish language

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, 2.39% Swedish

Finland-Swedish

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, and 6.80% other.

See also

• Districts of Turku
  Districts of Turku
  The city of Turku, Finland is divided into nine wards , which in turn are divided into 78 non-governmental districts . These are composed of individual suburbs, and in the very centre of the city, sectors of the central business district are identified by Roman numerals...
  
  
• Districts of Turku by population
  Districts of Turku by population
  This is a list of the districts of Turku, Finland, sorted by population .# Runosmäki , 10,269# Varissuo , 8,760# VII, 8,749# Nummi , 7,011# VI, 6,187# I, 6,177# VIII - Port Arthur, 4,760...