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Pyhäntä
Northern Ostrobothniatown
Pyhäntä
Total population
1,581
Founded
1899
Demographic figures from Statistics Finland. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
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Overview
Pyhäntä is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of 1,678 (31 December 2025) and covers an area of 847.48 square kilometres (327.21 sq mi) of which 36.72 km2 (14.18 sq mi) is water. The population density is 2.07 inhabitants per square kilometre (5.4/sq mi). The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
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Geography
Neighbouring municipalities are Kajaani, Kiuruvesi, Kärsämäki, Pyhäjärvi, Siikalatva, and Vieremä. 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. * Ahokylä * Ojalankylä * Lamujoki * Tavastkenkä * Viitamäki
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- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • iNaturalist
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image