Pyhtää


Pyhtää is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Kymenlaakso region, west of the city of Kotka.

Overview

The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is.
Image:Pyttis kyrka.png|thumb|left|200px|The medieval church of Pyhtää. Lithography by Johan Knutson, mid 19th century.
The medieval church is situated in the village of Itäkirkonkylä. 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 known as Strömfors in Swedish.
Pyhtää is a bilingual municipality with Finnish and Swedish as its official languages. The population consists of Finnish speakers, Swedish speakers, and speakers of other languages.
In the 1980s, salmon soup, salted herrings and clot soup were named as Pyhtää's traditional parish dishes.

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