Pyhtää Pyhtää –Pyttis | |
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Municipality | |
| Pyhtään kunta Pyttis kommun | |
 The medieval St. Henry's church | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Pyhtää inFinland | |
| Coordinates:60°30′N026°33′E / 60.500°N 26.550°E /60.500; 26.550 | |
| Country |  Finland |
| Region | Kymenlaakso |
| Sub-region | Kotka-Hamina |
| 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 (2025-03-31)[2] | |
• Total | 5,017 |
| • Rank | 165th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 15.45/km2 (40.0/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 88.5% (official) |
| • Swedish | 6.6% |
| • 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 |
Pyhtää (Swedish:Pyttis) is amunicipality ofFinland. It is located in theKymenlaaksoregion, 27 kilometres (17 mi) west of the city ofKotka.
The municipality has a population of 5,017 (31 March 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] Thepopulation density is 15.45 inhabitants per square kilometre (40.0/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 theKymi River and was at one time on the border between Russia and Sweden established by theTreaty of Åbo in 1743. Indeed, on the Western side of the river is a municipality calledRuotsinpyhtää ("Swedish Pyhtää") known asStrömfors in Swedish.
Pyhtää is abilingual municipality withFinnish andSwedish as its official languages. The population consists of88% Finnish speakers,7% Swedish speakers, and5% speakers of other languages.
In the 1980s,salmonsoup,saltedherrings and clot soup (klimppisoppa) were named as Pyhtää's traditional parish dishes.[5]
Haljala Parish, Estonia(since 1989)[6]
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