Pyhäjärvi

Pyhajarvi [ Pyhajarvi ] is a town with 5850 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) in Finland. It is located around 170 km per halfway between the cities of Oulu and Jyväskylä in the countryside Nordoesterbotten.

The municipality consists Pyhajarvi since 1866. 1993 were awarded their municipal rights, and she changed her name to mark the occasion briefly to Pyhäsalmi, but this made again in 1996 reversed. The parish village of the municipality lies on the northern shore of the eponymous lake Pyhajarvi, covered an area of ​​approximately 125 km ² and dissected by numerous bays, peninsulas and lakes. Other settlements are Hiidenkylä, Jokikylä, Kirkonkylä, Kuusenmäki, Lamminaho, Liittoperä, Parkkima, Rannankylä, Ruotanen, Salmenkylä, Haapamäki, Vuohtomäki, Lohvanperä, Pitäjänmäki and Latvanen.

The main economic activity in Pyhajarvi is mining. The system operated by the Canadian company Inmet Mining Corporation Copper and Zinkerzmine has now been driven one mile in depth; thus the Pyhäsalmi mine is the deepest ore mine in Europe.

In Finland Pyhajarvi continues for every year in late summer dance festival organized Täydenkuun Tanssit ( " full moon dance ").