Pyttis
Pyhtää
Municipality in Kymenlaakso, Finland
Pyhtää (Swedish: Pyttis) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Kymenlaakso region, 27 kilometres (17 mi) west of the city of Kotka.
Pyhtää
Pyhtää – Pyttis | |
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Municipality | |
| Pyhtään kunta Pyttis kommun | |
The medieval St. Henry's church | |
Location of Pyhtää in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 60°30′N 026°33′E | |
| Country |  Finland |
| Region | Kymenlaakso |
| Sub-region | Kotka-Hamina sub-region |
| Founded | ca. 1380 |
| Government | |
| • Municipality manager | Olli Ikonen |
| Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
| • Total | 780.96 km2 (301.53 sq mi) |
| • Land | 324.63 km2 (125.34 sq mi) |
| • Water | 456.24 km2 (176.16 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 228th largest in Finland |
| Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 5,065 |
| • Rank | 165th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 15.6/km2 (40/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 88.3% (official) |
| • Swedish | 6.8% |
| • Others | 4.9% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 16.2% |
| • 15 to 64 | 56.9% |
| • 65 or older | 26.9% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Climate | Dfb |
| Website | www.pyhtaa.fi |
The municipality has a population of 5,065 (31 December 2023)[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 15.6 inhabitants per square kilometre (40/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.
Pyhtää is a bilingual municipality with Finnish and Swedish as its official languages. The population consists of 88% Finnish speakers, 7% Swedish speakers, and 5% speakers of other languages.
In the 1980s, salmon soup, salted herrings and clot soup (klimppisoppa) were named as Pyhtää's traditional parish dishes.[4]
- 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
Haljala Parish, Estonia (since 1989)[5]
- "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 26 April 2024. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
- Jaakko Kolmonen (1988). Kotomaamme ruoka-aitta: Suomen, Karjalan ja Petsamon pitäjäruoat (in Finnish). Helsinki: Patakolmonen. pp. 102–103. ISBN 951-96047-3-1.
- "Sõprusvallad" (in Estonian). Haljala vald. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
Media related to Pyhtää at Wikimedia Commons- Municipality of Pyhtää – Official website (in Finnish and Swedish)
- Map of Pyhtää[permanent dead link]
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