Pyhäjoki

Municipality in North Ostrobothnia, Finland

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Location of Pyhäjoki in Finland

Coordinates: 64°27′50″N 24°15′40″E / 64.46389°N 24.26111°E / 64.46389; 24.26111Country

FinlandRegionNorth OstrobothniaSub-regionRaaheCharter1865Government

• Municipal managerMatti SoronenArea

(2018-01-01)^[1]

• Total1,365.09 km² (527.06 sq mi) • Land543.21 km² (209.73 sq mi) • Water823.25 km² (317.86 sq mi) • Rank159th largest in FinlandPopulation

(2023-12-31)^[2]

• Total2,980 • Rank214th largest in Finland • Density5.49/km² (14.2/sq mi)Population by native language

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• Finnish95.4% (official) • Swedish0.2% • Others4.3%Population by age

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• 0 to 1417.4% • 15 to 6453.4% • 65 or older29.3%Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET) • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)Websitewww.pyhajoki.fi

Pyhäjoki (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈpyhæˌjoki]; literally the "Holy River") is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the defunct province of Oulu, which was split in two regions; Pyhäjoki is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. It is located 102 kilometres (63 mi) southwest of the city of Oulu.

The municipality is located on the Gulf of Bothnia at the mouth of the river Pyhäjoki. It has a population of 2,980 (31 December 2023)^[5] and covers an area of 1,365.09 square kilometres (527.06 sq mi) of which 823.25 km² (317.86 sq mi) is water.^[1] The population density is 5.49 inhabitants per square kilometre (14.2/sq mi). The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

The subject of the coat of arms of Pyhäjoki refers to the large boulder of Hanhikivi ("Goose Rock") near the mouth of the Pyhäjoki river, which was considered by the Russians at the end of the 15th century as the landmark of the Treaty of Nöteborg from 1323; a crown and cross pattern is carved into the stone as a landmark. The coat of arms was designed by Olof Eriksson and approved by the Pyhäjoki Municipal Council at its meeting on June 18, 1965. The Ministry of the Interior confirmed the use of the coat of arms on September 22 of the same year.^[6]^[7]

Fennovoima, a Finnish nuclear power company, plans to build a nuclear power plant at Hanhikivi in the municipality. The power plant would be operational in 2029.^[8]

References

^ ^a ^b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2024-04-26. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
^ "Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
^ "Suomen virallinen tilasto (SVT): Väestön ennakkotilasto [verkkojulkaisu]" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
^ Suomen kunnallisvaakunat (in Finnish). Suomen Kunnallisliitto. 1982. p. 132. ISBN 951-773-085-3.
^ "Sisäasiainministeriön vahvistamat kaupunkien, kauppaloiden ja kuntien vaakunat 1949-1995 I:12 Pyhäjoki" (in Finnish). Kansallisarkiston digitaaliarkisto. Retrieved September 27, 2021.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "New nuclear reactor to be built at Pyhäjoki". YLE News. Helsinki: Yleisradio Oy. 5 October 2011. Archived from the original on 25 October 2011. Retrieved 5 October 2011.