Pyhäselkä

Location of Pyhäselkä in Finland

Coat of arms of Pyhäselkä

Pyhäselkä is a former municipality of Finland, now part of Joensuu. It seat was located in Hammaslahti.

Pyhäselkä is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the North Karelia region. The municipality had a population of 7,390 (2003) and covered an area of 351.58 km² of which 71.38 km² is water. The population density was 26.4 inhabitants per km².

The municipality was unilingually Finnish.

Pyhäselkä was consolidated, together with Eno, with Joensuu on January 1, 2009.

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Municipalities of North Karelia

Municipalities	Ilomantsi Joensuu Juuka Kitee Kontiolahti Lieksa Liperi Nurmes Outokumpu Polvijärvi Rääkkylä Tohmajärvi Valtimo

Former municipalities	Eno Kesälahti Kiihtelysvaara Nurmeksen maalaiskunta Pälkjärvi Pielisensuu Pielisjärvi Pyhäselkä Tuupovaara Värtsilä

North Karelia Finland

Coordinates: 62°26′00″N 29°58′10″E / 62.43333°N 29.96944°E / 62.43333; 29.96944

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