Pyhäjoki
Pyhäjoki | |
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Municipality | |
| Pyhäjoen kunta Pyhäjoki kommun | |
 Pyhäjoki Municipal Hall | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Location of Pyhäjoki in Finland | |
 Interactive map of Pyhäjoki | |
| Coordinates: 64°27′50″N 24°15′40″E / 64.46389°N 24.26111°E | |
| Country |  Finland |
| Region | North Ostrobothnia |
| Sub-region | Raahe |
| Charter | 1865 |
| Government | |
| • Municipal manager | Matti Soronen |
| Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 1,365.09 km2 (527.06 sq mi) |
| • Land | 543.21 km2 (209.73 sq mi) |
| • Water | 823.25 km2 (317.86 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 159th largest in Finland |
| Population (2025-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 2,938 |
| • Rank | 212th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 5.41/km2 (14.0/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 96.2% (official) |
| • Others | 3.8% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 17.4% |
| • 15 to 64 | 53.4% |
| • 65 or older | 29.3% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Website | www |
Pyhäjoki (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈpyhæˌjoki]; lit. '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 2,938 (31 December 2025)[2] 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 5.41 inhabitants per square kilometre (14.0/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.[5][6]
Fennovoima, a Finnish nuclear power company, planned to build a nuclear power plant at Hanhikivi in the municipality,[7] but the project was cancelled in May 2022 because of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which resulted in Fennovoima terminated its contract with a Russian state corporation Rosatom to build the power plant.[8] In April 2026, it was announced that the Finnish real estate investment company Trevian would purchase a former nuclear power plant site from Fennovoima, and an American nuclear power company Westinghouse Electric Company would then design and build a nuclear power plant on the site.[9]
See also
- Finnish national road 8 (E8) – a highway running through the municipality
- Yppäri – a village in Pyhäjoki
References
- ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ a b c "Population growth slowed down in 2025". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 1 April 2026. ISSN 2243-3627. Retrieved 6 April 2026.
- ^ "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 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 27 September 2021.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "New nuclear reactor to be built at Pyhäjoki". YLE News. Helsinki: Yleisradio Oy. 5 October 2011. Retrieved 5 October 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ "Fennovoima pulls the plug on Russian-built nuclear plant". Yle News. 2 May 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
- ^ Nurmi, Lauri (22 April 2026). "IL:n tiedot: Neuvottelut käynnissä – Suomeen suunnitellaan amerikkalaista ydinvoimalaa" [IL information: Negotiations underway – An American nuclear power plant is being planned for Finland]. Iltalehti (in Finnish). Retrieved 23 April 2026.
External links
Media related to Pyhäjoki at Wikimedia Commons
Pyhäjoki travel guide from Wikivoyage
- Municipality of Pyhäjoki – Official website
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