Pyhäntä

Pyhäntä [ Pyhäntä ] is a town in central Finland. It is located about 100 km southeast of the city of Oulu in Northern Ostrobothnia landscape.

Center of the municipality is the village church Pyhäntä on the shore of the lake Pyhännänjärvi continue it includes the villages Ahokylä, Lamujoki, Tavastkenkä and Viitamäki. The main industry is the wood-processing industry; Fitted with wooden furnishings House members and cardboard are produced. In addition, companies in the food industry have settled.

About 80 % of the municipal area is wooded and partly marshy and are the habitat of rare species such as the brown bear, beaver and reindeer.

Policy

Management The dominant political force in the rural Pyhäntä is the Centre Party. In the local elections 2008, she received nearly three-quarters of the votes and thus achieved one of its finland far best results. The council puts 12 out of 15 deputies. Two seats could achieve the Left Alliance, a conservative National Coalition Party. The Greens failed because of the way into the council, while the Social Democrats did not even competed.