Pyhtää ( sv, Pyttis) is a

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. It is located in the

Kymenlaakso Kymenlaakso ( sv, Kymmenedalen; " Kymi/Kymmene Valley") is a region in Finland. It borders the regions of Uusimaa, Päijät-Häme, South Savo and South Karelia and Russia (Leningrad Oblast). Its name means literally ''The Valley of River Kymi'' ...

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, west of the city of

Kotka Kotka (; ; la, Aquilopolis) is a city in the southern part of the Kymenlaakso province on the Gulf of Finland. Kotka is a major port and industrial city and also a diverse school and cultural city, which was formerly part of the old Kymi parish. ...

Overview

The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The

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is . 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 The Kymi ( fi, Kymijoki, sv, Kymmene älv) is a river in Finland. It begins at Lake Päijänne, flows through the provinces of Päijänne Tavastia, Uusimaa and Kymenlaakso and discharges into the Gulf of Finland. The river passes the towns of ...

and was at one time on the border between Russia and Sweden established by the

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in 1743. Indeed, on the Western side of the river is a municipality called Ruotsinpyhtää ("Swedish Pyhtää") known as in Swedish. The municipality is bilingual with speaking

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and other languages as their first language. In the 1980s,

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, salted

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s and clot soup (''klimppisoppa'') were named as Pyhtää's traditional parish dishes.

Villages

* Heinlahti ( sv, Heinlax) *

Hinkaböle Hinkaböle is a village on the island of Munapirtti in the municipality of Pyhtää, Kymenlaakso, Province of Southern Finland, Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country ...

* Hirvikoski (earlier Österhirvikoski) * Itäkirkonkylä ( sv, Österkyrkoby) * Itämyllynkylä ( sv, Österkvarnby) *

Kaunissaari Kaunissaari (; sv, Fagerö), "Beautiful Island", is an island in the Gulf of Finland. It is part of the municipality of Pyhtää in the Kymenlaakso region, Finland, and is southwest of the city of Kotka. Kaunissaari forms part of an esker t ...

( sv, Fagerö) * Kiviniemi ( sv, Stensnäs, earlier ) * Loosari ( sv, Klåsarö) * Länsikirkonkylä ( sv, Västerkyrkoby) * Länsikylä ( sv, Västerby, earlier ) * Länsimyllynkylä ( sv, Västerkvarnby) * Malmi, Pyhtää ( sv, Malm) * Munapirtti ( sv, Mogenpört) * Pirtnuora ( sv, Pörtnor) * Siltakylä ( sv, Broby, earlier ) *

Suur-Ahvenkoski Ahvenkoski ( sv, Abborfors) is a historical site in the Kymenlaakso region, Finland, located by the westernmost branch of the river Kymijoki. It consists of the Vähä-Ahvenkoski (Swedish: ''Lillabborfors'') village in Loviisa and the Ahvenkoski ...

( sv, Storabborrfors) * Tuuski ( sv, Tuskas; de jure a part of Munapirtti)'' * Purola

Twinnings

Haljala Parish Haljala Parish ( et, Haljala vald) is a rural municipality of Estonia, in Lääne-Viru County. It has a population of 4297 (2021) and an area of 549 km². Populated places Small borough Haljala - Võsu Villages Aaspere - Aasu - Aasume ...

, Estonia ''(since 1989)''

References

External links

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Municipality of Pyhtää
– Official website
Map of Pyhtää
Populated places established in the 1380s Populated coastal places in Finland {{SouthernFinland-geo-stub