Pyhäntä

{{Infobox settlement

|name = Pyhäntä

| official_name = {{lang|fi|Pyhännän kunta}}
{{lang|sv|Pyhäntä kommun}}

| settlement_type = Municipality

| image_skyline = Pyhanta Church 2008-07-01.jpg

| image_caption = Pyhäntä Church

| imagesize = 200px

| image_shield = Pyhäntä.vaakuna.svg

| shield_size = 120x80px

| image_map = Pyhäntä sijainti Suomi.svg

| map_caption = Location of Pyhäntä in Finland

|coordinates = {{coord|64|06|N|026|20|E|display=inline,title}}

|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = {{flag|Finland}}

| subdivision_type1 = Region

| subdivision_name1 = North Ostrobothnia

| subdivision_type2 = Sub-region

| subdivision_name2 = Siikalatva

| leader_title = Municipal manager

| leader_name = Samuli Yrjänä

| established_title = Charter

| established_date = 1899

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|timezone = EET

|utc_offset = +02:00

|timezone_DST = EEST

|utc_offset_DST = +03:00

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

}}

Pyhäntä is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of {{formatnum: {{Data Finland municipality/population count|Pyhäntä}}}}

({{#time: j F Y|{{Data Finland municipality/population count|sourcedate}}

}}) and covers an area of {{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/total area|Pyhäntä}}|km2}} of

which {{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/waters area|Pyhäntä}}|km2|abbr=on}}

is water. The population density is

{{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/population density|Pyhäntä|round=2}}|PD/km2}}. The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Geography

Neighbouring municipalities are Kajaani, Kiuruvesi, Kärsämäki, Pyhäjärvi, Siikalatva, and Vieremä.

=Nature=

There are several conservation areas located in the municipality. About 60% of the area is covered by swamps. Surface variation is larger compared to typical flat landscape in Ostrobothnia. One of the biggest lakes in the region is Iso Lamujärvi.

= Villages =

  • Ahokylä
  • Ojalankylä
  • Lamujoki
  • Tavastkenkä
  • Viitamäki

References

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