Pyhtää

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
The medieval St. Henry's church
Coat of arms of Pyhtää
Coat of arms
Location of Pyhtää in Finland
Location of Pyhtää in Finland
Coordinates: 60°30′N 026°33′E
Country Finland
RegionKymenlaakso
Sub-regionKotka-Hamina sub-region
Foundedca. 1380
Government
 • Municipality managerOlli Ikonen
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total780.96 km2 (301.53 sq mi)
 • Land324.72 km2 (125.38 sq mi)
 • Water456.24 km2 (176.16 sq mi)
 • Rank228th largest in Finland
Population
 (2023-09-19)[2]
 • Total5,094
 • Rank165th largest in Finland
 • Density15.69/km2 (40.6/sq mi)
Population by native language
[3]
 • Finnish88.4% (official)
 • Swedish6.8%
 • Others4.8%
Population by age
[4]
 • 0 to 1416.2%
 • 15 to 6456.9%
 • 65 or older26.9%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
ClimateDfb
Websitewww.pyhtaa.fi

Overview

The municipality has a population of 5,094 (19 September 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 15.69 inhabitants per square kilometre (40.6/sq mi).

The medieval church of Pyhtää. Lithography by Johan Knutson, mid 19th century.

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 88.4% speaking Finnish, 6.8% Swedish and 4.8% 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.[5]

Villages

Twinnings

References
  1. "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. "Finland's preliminary population figure was 5,587,841 at the end of August 2023". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  3. "Demographic Structure by area as of 31 December 2022". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  4. "Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  5. Jaakko Kolmonen (1988). Kotomaamme ruoka-aitta: Suomen, Karjalan ja Petsamon pitäjäruoat (in Finnish). Helsinki: Patakolmonen. p. 102–103. ISBN 951-96047-3-1.
  6. "Sõprusvallad" (in Estonian). Haljala vald. Retrieved 4 May 2012.


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