Pyhäjärvi

{{About|a town and municipality|other uses|Pyhäjärvi (disambiguation)}}

{{Infobox settlement

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| official_name = {{lang|fi|Pyhäjärven kaupunki}}
{{lang|sv|Pyhäjärvi stad}}

| settlement_type = Town

| image_skyline = Pyhajarvi yellow house.jpg

| image_alt = A yellow building near the town center

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| map_caption = Location of Pyhäjärvi in Finland

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| subdivision_type1 = Region

| subdivision_name1 = North Ostrobothnia

| subdivision_type2 = Sub-region

| subdivision_name2 = Nivala–Haapajärvi

| seat = Pyhäsalmi

| leader_title = Town manager

| leader_name = Henrik Kiviniemi

| established_title = Charter

| established_date = 1866

| established_title2 = Town privileges

| established_date2 = 1993

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|timezone = EET

|utc_offset = +02:00

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|utc_offset_DST = +03:00

| website = {{Url|https://www.pyhajarvi.fi/}}

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Pyhäjärvi (1993–1995 Pyhäsalmi) is a town and municipality in the south of Northern Ostrobothnia region, Finland. Pyhäjärvi also borders the Northern Savonia and Central Finland regions. The town belongs to the subregion of Nivala–Haapajärvi. Its seat is in Pyhäsalmi.

Neighbouring municipalities are Haapajärvi, Kiuruvesi, Kärsämäki, Pielavesi, Pihtipudas and Pyhäntä. As the highway 4 (E75), the highway 27 and the Ylivieska–Iisalmi railway all run through the town, Pyhäjärvi is well situated in an intersection of communication and transport services. The town has also an airfield.{{Cite web |url= https://ais.fi/ais/vfr/aerodromes/EFPY.html |title= EFPY Pyhäsalmi, Finland |access-date= 13 March 2009 |date= 12 February 2009 |work= VFR Suomi / Finland |publisher= Finavia |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071016043203/http://www.ais.fi/ais/vfr/aerodromes/EFPY.html |archive-date= 16 October 2007 }}

The town of Pyhäjärvi was founded in 1866, and it was then named after Lake Pyhäjärvi, a lake of {{convert|125|km2}} and rich in fish. Pyhäjärvi became officially a town in January 1993. The town has {{Formatnum: {{Data Finland municipality/population count|Pyhäjärvi}}}} inhabitants ({{#time: j F Y|{{Data Finland municipality/population count|sourcedate}} }}), of whom some 60 percent live in the two population centres Pyhäsalmi and Ruotanen. It is the second smallest town of Finland in term of population after Kaskinen in the Ostrobothnia region.

Pyhäjärvi contains Europe's deepest base metal mine, the {{convert|1444|m}} deep Pyhäsalmi Mine from where zinc and copper is mined. Underground mining was due to end in 2019,[https://www.is.fi/taloussanomat/art-2000006136959.html Euroopan syvin kaivos suljetaan ja elämä pikkuruisella Pyhäjärvellä mullistuu – tästä kaikki alkoi: ”Isän lapio osui outoon kiveen”] – Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish) but has been granted approximately 14 months more of mining activity due to an increase in demand for pyrite from Yara in Siilinjärvi.{{Cite web|url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-10888381|title=Pyhäsalmen kaivos sai yli vuoden jatkoajan lannoitetehtaan ansiosta|website=Yle Uutiset|date=23 July 2019 |language=fi|access-date=2020-01-12}} The on-surface refinery will be operational until 2025.{{Cite news|url=https://www.iltalehti.fi/kotimaa/a/201801302200704544|title=Euroopan syvin kaivos lopettaa Pyhäsalmella - tilalle sirkkoja, salaattiviljelyä ja energiavarasto|last=Jokinen|first=Juha Veli|date=January 29, 2018|access-date=2018-03-04|language=fi-FI}} The mine facilities and the associated infrastructure will be used for underground business and research under the Callio Pyhäsalmi project.{{Cite web|url=http://www.first-quantum.com/Our-Business/operating-mines/Pyhasalmi/default.aspx|title=First Quantum Minerals Ltd. - Our Business - Operating Mines - Pyhäsalmi|website=www.first-quantum.com|language=en-CA|access-date=2018-03-04}}