Pyhäselkä is a
former municipality of
Finland
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, now part of
Joensuu. It seat was located in ''Hammaslahti''.
Pyhäselkä is located in the
province
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of
Eastern Finland and is part of the
North Karelia region
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. The municipality had a population of 7,390 (2003) and covered an area of 351.58 km
2 of which 71.38 km
2 is water. The
population density
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was 26.4 inhabitants per km
2.
The municipality was unilingually
Finnish.
Pyhäselkä was consolidated, together with
Eno, with
Joensuu on January 1, 2009.
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Populated places disestablished in 2009
2009 disestablishments in Finland
Former municipalities of Finland
Joensuu
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