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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
Municipality
Pyhtään kunta Pyttis kommun
The medieval St. Henry's church
Coat of arms
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	324.72 km2 (125.38 sq mi)
• Water	456.24 km2 (176.16 sq mi)
• Rank	228th largest in Finland
Population  (2021-12-31)[2]
• Total	5,118
• Rank	167th largest in Finland
• Density	15.76/km2 (40.8/sq mi)
Population by native language [3]
• Finnish	88.3% (official)
• Swedish	9.6%
• Others	2.1%
Population by age [4]
• 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)
Municipal tax rate[5]	20.75%
Climate	Dfb
Website	www.pyhtaa.fi

Overview

The municipality has a population of 5,118 (31 December 2021)[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 15.76 inhabitants per square kilometre (40.8/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]

In the 1980s, salmon soup, salted herrings and clot soup (klimppisoppa) were named as Pyhtää's traditional parish dishes.[6]

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)[7]

References

External links

• Media related to Pyhtää at Wikimedia Commons
• Municipality of Pyhtää – Official website (in Finnish and Swedish)
• Map of Pyhtää^{[permanent dead link]}

На других языках

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[de] Pyhtää

Pyhtää [.mw-parser-output .IPA a{text-decoration:none}ˈpyhtæː] (schwedisch: Pyttis) ist eine Gemeinde an der Südküste Finnlands mit 5125 Einwohnern (Stand 31. Dezember 2020). Sie liegt in der Landschaft Kymenlaakso rund 25 Kilometer westlich von Kotka und 118 Kilometer östlich der Hauptstadt Helsinki. 11 Prozent der Einwohner sind Finnlandschweden, daher ist Pyhtää die einzige offiziell zweisprachige Gemeinde von Kymenlaakso.

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- [en] Pyhtää

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[ru] Пюхтяа

Пю́хтяа[3] (Пюхтя[4], также Пюхтяя (фин. Pyhtää) и Пю́ттис (швед. Pyttis)) — община в провинции Кюменлааксо, Финляндия. Общая площадь территории — 780,96 км², из которых 456,24 км² — вода.

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