Pyhäntä

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Pyhäntä
Municipality
Pyhännän kunta
Pyhäntä Church

Coat of arms
Location of Pyhäntä in Finland
Coordinates: 64°06′N 026°20′E / 64.100°N 26.333°E / 64.100; 26.333Coordinates: 64°06′N 026°20′E / 64.100°N 26.333°E / 64.100; 26.333
Country Finland
Region Northern Ostrobothnia
Sub-region Siikalatva sub-region
Charter 1899
Government
  Municipal manager Jouko Nissinen
Area(2011-01-01)[1]
  Total 847.48 km2 (327.21 sq mi)
  Land 810.76 km2 (313.04 sq mi)
  Water 36.72 km2 (14.18 sq mi)
Area rank 136th largest in Finland
Population (2014-01-31)[2]
  Total 1,581
  Rank 305th largest in Finland
  Density 1.95/km2 (5.1/sq mi)
Population by native language[3]
  Finnish 99.8% (official)
  Others 0.2%
Population by age[4]
  0 to 14 22%
  15 to 64 62.8%
  65 or older 15.2%
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Municipal tax rate[5] 19.75%
Website www.pyhanta.fi

Pyhäntä is a municipality of Finland.

It is located in the province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of 1,581 (31 January 2014)[2] and covers an area of 847.48 square kilometres (327.21 sq mi) of which 36.72 km2 (14.18 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 1.95 inhabitants per square kilometre (5.1 /sq mi).

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 9 March 2011. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "VÄESTÖTIETOJÄRJESTELMÄ REKISTERITILANNE 31.1.2014" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Retrieved 11 February 2014. 
  3. "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 29 March 2009. 
  4. "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 28 April 2009. 
  5. "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011. 

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