Pyhäjärvi
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Pyhäjärvi (1993–1995 Pyhäsalmi) is a town and municipality in the south of Northern Ostrobothnia region, Finland. Pyhäjärvi also borders the North Savo and Central Finland regions. The town belongs to the subregion of Nivala–Haapajärvi. Its seat is in Pyhäsalmi.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Pyhäjärvi
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Pyhajarvi yellow house.jpg
- Settlement.image_alt
- A yellow building near the town center
- Settlement.image_shield
- Pyhäjärvi.vaakuna.svg
- Settlement.shield_size
- 120x80px
- Settlement.image_map
- Pyhäjärvi sijainti Suomi.svg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Pyhäjärvi in Finland
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- North Ostrobothnia
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Sub-region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Nivala–Haapajärvi
- Settlement.seat
- Pyhäsalmi
- Settlement.leader_title
- Town manager
- Settlement.leader_name
- Henrik Kiviniemi
- Settlement.established_title
- Charter
- Settlement.established_date
- 1866
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Official name
- Pyhäjärven kaupunki
- Country
- Finland
- Located in
- Oulu Province
- Official language
- Finnish
- Population
- 4756
- Area
- 148.72
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Shares border with
- Pyhäntä
- Official website
- www.pyhajarvi.fi
- Image
- Vaskikello Pyhäjärvi 20160902 01.jpg
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- Commons category
- Pyhäjärvi (municipality)
- topic's main category
- Category:Pyhäjärvi
- inception
- 1866-01-01
- P12749
- Bad Aibling
- associated electoral district
- Oulu
- located in the statistical territorial entity
- Nivala-Haapajärvi sub-region
- citizens' initiative URL
- www.kuntalaisaloite.fi/sv/sok?municipalities=626
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- short name
- Пюхяярви
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Pyhäjärvi (1993–1995 Pyhäsalmi) is a town and municipality in the south of Northern Ostrobothnia region, Finland. Pyhäjärvi also borders the North Savo and Central Finland regions. The town belongs to the subregion of Nivala–Haapajärvi. Its seat is in Pyhäsalmi.
Neighbouring municipalities are Haapajärvi, Kiuruvesi, Kärsämäki, Pielavesi, Pihtipudas and Pyhäntä. As the highway 4 (E75), the highway 27 and the Ylivieska–Iisalmi railway all run through the town, Pyhäjärvi is well situated in an intersection of communication and transport services. The town has also an airfield.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pyhäjärvi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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