Esse

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This article is about the village in Finland. For the organization ESSE, see European Society for the Study of English. For the meaning of the Latin term meaning "to be", see being. For the Cornish saint, see Saint Tetha.

Not to be confused with Essé.

Esse (Finnish: Ähtävä) is a former municipality of Finland, now a village of Pedersöre. It has a population of about 3,000 people, of whom approximately 94% are Swedish-speaking Finns and the rest are Finnish-speaking. The village is in the northeast part of Pedersöre municipality.

Esse was consolidated to Pedersöre in 1977.

The river of Esse flows through the village. This river is one of the last places where the freshwater pearl mussel Margaritifera margaritifera can be found.

Villages

The river of Esse

Esse is divided into 4 smaller villages:

Överesse, where the church is located
Ytteresse
Bäckby
Lappfors

History

Esse was an independent municipality until it merged with Purmo and Pedersöre in 1977, to form the new municipality with the name Pedersöre Kommun.

The former coat of arms

Municipalities of Ostrobothnia

Municipalities	Isokyrö Jakobstad Kaskinen Korsholm Korsnäs Kristinestad Kronoby Laihia Larsmo Malax Nykarleby Närpes Pedersöre Vaasa Vörå

Former municipalities	Bergö Björköby Esse Jeppo Kvevlax Lappfjärd Maxmo Munsala Nedervetil Nykarleby landskommun Oravais Övermark Petalax Pörtom Purmo Replot Sideby Solf Terjärv Tjöck Vähäkyrö Vörå Vörå-Maxmo

Ostrobothnia Finland

Coordinates: 63°35′N 023°03′E / 63.583°N 23.050°E / 63.583; 23.050

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