Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Estonia - Pärnumaa



Sent by Nadya, a postcrosser from Talinn in Estonia.

This is from Wikipedia : Pärnu County (Estonian: Pärnu maakond), or Pärnumaa (German: Kreis Pernau), is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It is situated in south-western part of the country, on the coast of Gulf of Riga, and borders Lääne and Rapla counties to the north, Järva and Viljandi counties to the east, and Latvia to the south. 88,466 people live in Pärnu County – constituting 6.6% of the total population in Estonia (as of January 2009).

Pärnu County is the largest county of Estonia in terms of land area.

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