Pyhäselkä
former municipality of Finland, now part of Joensuu
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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