Västerbacka
Västerbacka is a hamlet in Pedersöre, Jakobstadsregionen, Ostrobothnia. Västerbacka is situated nearby to the village Purmo, as well as near the hamlet Sisbacka.Places of Interest
Highlights include Purmo Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Purmo and Lillby.
Purmo
Village
Purmo is a former municipality of Finland. It was incorporated into the rural municipality of Pedersöre in Ostrobothnia in 1977. Purmo is home to a wooden church built by Antti Hakola in 1772.
Lillby
Village
Lillby is a village in the municipality of Pedersöre in Ostrobothnia, Finland. It was former administrative center of the former Purmo municipality. In 2020, it has over 300 inhabitants. Lillby is situated 5 km southeast of Västerbacka.
Esse
Town
Esse is a former municipality of Finland, now a village of Pedersöre. It has a population of about 3,000 people, of whom approximately 94% are Swedish-speaking Finns and the rest are Finnish-speaking. Esse is situated 10 km northeast of Västerbacka.
Västerbacka
- Type: Hamlet
- Also known as: “Vasterbacka”
- Category: locality
- Location: Pedersöre, Jakobstadsregionen, Ostrobothnia, West Coast, Finland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
63.51722° or 63° 31′ 2″ north
Longitude
22.94943° or 22° 56′ 58″ east
Elevation
25 metres (82 feet)
Open location code
9GM4GW8X+VQ
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
GeoNames ID
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In Other Languages
From Russian to Swedish—“Västerbacka” goes by many names.
- Russian: “Вястербакка”
- Swedish: “Västerbacka”
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