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Pyhtää

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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
Map
Interactive map of Pyhtää
Coordinates: 60°30′N 026°33′E / 60.500°N 26.550°E / 60.500; 26.550
Country Finland
RegionKymenlaakso
Sub-regionKotka-Hamina
Foundedca. 1380
Government
 • Municipality managerOlli Ikonen
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total
780.96 km2 (301.53 sq mi)
 • Land324.63 km2 (125.34 sq mi)
 • Water456.24 km2 (176.16 sq mi)
 • Rank228th largest in Finland
Population
 (2025-12-31)[2]
 • Total
5,016
 • Rank165th largest in Finland
 • Density15.45/km2 (40.0/sq mi)
Population by native language
[2]
 • Finnish88.4% (official)
 • Swedish6.5% (official)
 • Others5.1%
Population by age
[3]
 • 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

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.

Overview

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The municipality has a population of 5,016 (31 December 2025)[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 15.45 inhabitants per square kilometre (40.0/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.

Pyhtää is a bilingual municipality with Finnish and Swedish as its official languages. The population consists of 88% Finnish speakers, 6% 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]

Villages

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Twinnings

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References

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  1. 1 2 "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 "Population growth slowed down in 2025". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 1 April 2026. ISSN 2243-3627. Retrieved 6 April 2026.
  3. ↑ "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.
  4. ↑ Jaakko Kolmonen (1988). Kotomaamme ruoka-aitta: Suomen, Karjalan ja Petsamon pitäjäruoat (in Finnish). Helsinki: Patakolmonen. pp. 102–103. ISBN 951-96047-3-1.
  5. ↑ "Sõprusvallad" (in Estonian). Haljala vald. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
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  • Wikimedia Commons logo 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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