Overview

It is located in the province

Provinces of Finland

The state of Finland consisted of six provinces between the years 1997 and 2009. The provincial authority was part of the central government's executive branch, not directly elected. The system was created in 1634, and its makeup was changed drastically in 1997, when the number of the provinces...

 of Southern Finland

Southern Finland

Southern Finland was a province of Finland from 1997 to 2010. It bordered the provinces of Western Finland and Eastern Finland. It also bordered the Gulf of Finland and Russia.- History :...

 and is part of the Kymenlaakso

Kymenlaakso

Kymenlaakso is a region in Finland. It borders to the regions Uusimaa, Päijänne Tavastia, Southern Savonia, and South Karelia.- Historical provinces :For history, geography and culture see: Uusimaa , Karelia- Municipalities :...

 region

Regions of Finland

Finland consists of 19 regions called in Finnish and in Swedish. The regions are governed by regional councils, which serve as forums of cooperation for the municipalities of a region. The main tasks of the regions are regional planning and development of enterprise and education. In addition,...

. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of km2 of which km2 is water. The population density

Population density

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 is PD/km2.
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

Kymi River

Kymi river is a river in Finland. It begins from the lake Päijänne, flows through the provinces of Päijät-Häme, Uusimaa and Kymenlaakso and discharges into the Gulf of Finland. River passes the towns of Heinola and Kouvola...

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

Treaty of Åbo

The Treaty of Åbo or the Treaty of Turku was a peace treaty signed between the Russian Empire and Sweden in Turku on 7. Augustjul./ 18. Augustgreg...

 in 1743. Indeed, on the Western side of the river is a municipality called Ruotsinpyhtää

Ruotsinpyhtää

Ruotsinpyhtää is a former municipality of Finland. Ruotsinpyhtää, Pernå and Liljendal were consolidated to Loviisa on January 1, 2010.It is located in the province of Southern Finland and was part of the Eastern Uusimaa region. The municipality had a population of 2,893 and covered an area of of...

 ("Swedish Pyhtää") known as in Swedish.

The municipality is bilingual with speaking Finnish

Finnish language

Finnish is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland Primarily for use by restaurant menus and by ethnic Finns outside Finland. It is one of the two official languages of Finland and an official minority language in Sweden. In Sweden, both standard Finnish and Meänkieli, a...

, Swedish

Finland-Swedish

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 and other languages as their first language.

Villages

• Heinlahti 
• Hinkaböle
  Hinkaböle
  Hinkaböle is a village on the island of Munapirtti in the municipality of Pyhtää, Kymenlaakso, Province of Southern Finland, Finland.-Literature:...
  
  
• Hirvikoski (earlier Österhirvikoski)
• Itäkirkonkylä 
• Itämyllynkylä 
• Kaunissaari 
• Kiviniemi 
• Loosari 
• Länsikirkonkylä 
• Länsikylä 
• Länsimyllynkylä 
• Malmi, Pyhtää 
• Munapirtti 
• Pirtnuora 
• Siltakylä 
• Suur-Ahvenkoski 
• Tuuski 
• Purola

External links

• Municipality of Pyhtää – Official website  
• Map of Pyhtää