Pärnu County , or
Pärnumaa , 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. In January 2013 Pärnu County had a population of 81,428 – constituting 6.3% of the total population of Estonia.