Pyhtää
Pyhtää is a municipality of Finland.Overview
It is located in the Kymenlaakso region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is.
The medieval church is situated in the village of Itäkirkonkylä. During the Reformation, the rather beautiful and moving pictures on the walls were whitewashed over. Some years ago, they were rediscovered and the whitewash removed. The village lies just to the East of the westernmost tributary of the Kymi River and was at one time on the border between Russia and Sweden established by the Treaty of Åbo in 1743. Indeed, on the Western side of the river is a municipality called Ruotsinpyhtää known as Strömfors in Swedish.
The municipality is bilingual with speaking Finnish, Swedish and other languages as their first language.Villages
