Esse, Finland

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Esse Esse – Ähtävä
Former municipality
The river of Esse.
Coat of arms
Location of Esse in Finland
Coordinates: 63°35′N 023°03′E / 63.583°N 23.050°E / 63.583; 23.050
Country	Finland
Region	Ostrobothnia
Consolidated	1977
Population  (1976-12-31)[1]
• Total	2,281
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code	68820

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[]

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.

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