Pyhtää

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Pyhtään kunta
Pyttis kommun
coat of arms map
Pyhtää coat of arms Location of Pyhtää in Finland
Basic data
State : FinlandFinland Finland
Landscape : Kymenlaakso
Administrative community : Kotka-Hamina
Geographical location 60 ° 29 ′  N , 26 ° 32 ′  E Coordinates: 60 ° 29 ′  N , 26 ° 32 ′  E
Surface: 780.97 km²
of which land area: 324.73 km²
of which inland waterways: 11.66 km²
of which sea area: 444.58 km²
Residents : 5,187 (Dec 31, 2018)
Population density : 16 people / km²
Municipality number : 624
Language (s) : Finnish , Swedish
Website : pyhtaa.fi

Pyhtää [ ˈpyhtæː ] ( Swedish : Pyttis ) is a municipality on the south coast of Finland with 5187 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018). It is located in the Kymenlaakso landscape around 25 kilometers west of Kotka and 118 kilometers east of the capital Helsinki . 11 percent of the population are Finland-Swedes , so Pyhtää is the only officially bilingual community in Kymenlaakso.

State road 7 runs through Pyhtää, the course of which is followed by the European route E18 to Saint Petersburg and the King's Road , the old route of the Swedish kings from Turku to Vyborg . Today the Königsstrasse is a tourist route. Sights in Pyhtää include the medieval stone church from 1460 and the Savukoski (Rökhusforsen) bridge built in 1928. The 17 square kilometer Valkmusa National Park with its marshland, which is unique in southern Finland, is mostly located in the municipality of Pyhtää. The archipelago off the coast of Pyhtää is part of the Eastern Gulf of Finland National Park .

Localities

To the municipality belong the places Heinlahti (Heinlax), Hinkaböle, Hirvikoski (formerly Österhirvikoski), Itäkirkonkylä (Österkyrkoby), Itämyllykylä (Österkvarnby), Kiviniemi (Stensnäs), formerly Lillkuppis (Vänsiköby), Länsiköirkon (Klåsyerkyls), Lyräkylsirkon , formerly Västerkuppis), Länsimyllykylä (Västerkvarnby), Malmi (Malm), Munapirtti (Mogenpört), Pirtnuora (Pörtnor), Siltakylä (Broby, formerly Storkuppis), Suur-Ahvenkoski (Storabborrfors) and Purola.

photos

  • The medieval stone church of Pyhtää

  • Swamp spring in Valkmusa National Park

  • Bridge in the village of Siltakylä

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Maanmittauslaitos (Finnish land surveying office): Suomen pinta-alat kunnittain January 1, 2010 (PDF; 199 kB)
  2. ↑ Statistical Office Finland: Table 11ra - Key figures on population by region, 1990-2018

Web links

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