Pyhtää
| Pyhtää Pyhtää – Pyttis |
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| Pyhtään kunta Pyttis kommun |
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| The medieval St. Henry's church
The medieval St. Henry's church
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| Location of Pyhtää in Finland Location of Pyhtää in Finland |
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| Country |  Finland |
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| Region | Kymenlaakso | |
| Sub-region | Kotka-Hamina sub-region | |
| Founded | ca. 1380 | |
| Government | ||
| • Municipality manager | Olli Ikonen | |
| Area (2011-01-01)[1] | ||
| • Total | 780.96 km2 (301.53 sq mi) | |
| • Land | 324.72 km2 (125.38 sq mi) | |
| • Water | 456.24 km2 (176.16 sq mi) | |
| Area rank | 151st largest in Finland | |
| Population (2016-03-31)[2] | ||
| • Total | 5,306 | |
| • Rank | 182nd largest in Finland | |
| • Density | 16.34/km2 (42.3/sq mi) | |
| Population by native language[3] | ||
| • Finnish | 88.3% (official) | |
| • Swedish | 9.6% (official) | |
| • Others | 2.1% | |
| Population by age[4] | ||
| • 0 to 14 | 17.3% | |
| • 15 to 64 | 63.5% | |
| • 65 or older | 19.1% | |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | |
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 19.75% | |
| Website | www.pyhtaa.fi | |
Pyhtää (Swedish: Pyttis) is a municipality of Finland.
Overview
It is located in the Kymenlaakso region. The municipality has a population of 5,306 (31 March 2016)[2] and covers an area of 780.96 square kilometres (301.53 sq mi) of which 456.24 km2 (176.16 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 16.34 inhabitants per square kilometre (42.3/sq mi).
The medieval church (as opposed to the municipality) is situated in the village of Itäkirkonkylä ("East Church Village"). During the Reformation, the rather beautiful and moving pictures on the walls were whitewashed over. Some years ago, they were rediscovered and the whitewash removed. The village lies just to the East of the westernmost tributary of the Kymi River and was at one time on the border between Russia and Sweden established by the Treaty of Åbo in 1743. Indeed, on the Western side of the river is a municipality called Ruotsinpyhtää ("Swedish Pyhtää") known as Strömfors in Swedish.
The municipality is bilingual with 88.3% speaking Finnish, 9.6% Swedish and 2.1% other languages as their first language.[3]
Villages
- Heinlahti (Swedish: Heinlax)
- Hinkaböle
- Hirvikoski (earlier Österhirvikoski)
- Itäkirkonkylä (Swedish: Österkyrkoby)
- Itämyllynkylä (Swedish: Österkvarnby)
- Kaunissaari (Swedish: Fagerö)
- Kiviniemi (Swedish: Stensnäs, earlier Lillkuppis)
- Loosari (Swedish: Klåsarö)
- Länsikirkonkylä (Swedish: Västerkyrkoby)
- Länsikylä (Swedish: Västerby, earlier Västerkuppis)
- Länsimyllynkylä (Swedish: Västerkvarnby)
- Malmi, Pyhtää (Swedish: Malm)
- Munapirtti (Swedish: Mogenpört)
- Pirtnuora (Swedish: Pörtnor)
- Siltakylä (Swedish: Broby, earlier Storkuppis)
- Suur-Ahvenkoski (Swedish: Storabborrfors)
- Tuuski (Swedish: Tuskas; de jure a part of Munapirtti)
- Purola
Twinnings
Haljala Parish, Estonia (since 1989)[6]
References
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External links
Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons- Municipality of Pyhtää – Official website (Finnish) (Swedish)
- Map of Pyhtää
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