Pyhäjärvi ("sacred lake", other etymologies may apply) is the name of many lakes in Finland, some of which have given name to a town or municipality, and a few in northern Sweden and in Russian Karelia. A non-comprehensive list:
Towns
[edit]Lakes
[edit]- 1 Pyhäjärvi (Tampere) south-west of Tampere centre
- 2 Pyhäjärvi (Hämeenlinna) in Hauho in north-eastern Hämeenlinna, by Roine
- 3 Pyhäjärvi (Säkylä) between the inland of Finland Proper and Satakunta
- 4 Pyhäjärvi (Pyhäjärvi) by the town Pyhäjärvi, in the Southern Oulu region
- 5 Pyhäjärvi (Karkkila) in Karkkila, Uusimaa, with the Sunset Beach Party in July
- 6 Pyhäjärvi (Jaala) between Jaala and Kuusankoski of Kouvola on the river Kymijoki
- 7 Pyhäjärvi (Lapland) by the village Pyhäjärvi, some 17 km south-west from the Pelkosenniemi municipal centre, Finnish Lapland
- 8 Pyhäjärvi (Karelia) in Karelia, on the border between Finland and Russia (Kitee, Parikkala, Sortavala)
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