Öjebyn

thumb|1994 aerial photograph Öjebyn is a residential area and a neighborhood in the town of Piteå, Sweden, and was the town center of Piteå from the 15th century to the 17th century. Öjebyn is also the church town in the Piteå parish.

== History == Piteå has had three town centers in its history. A settlement, Gamla Kyrkbyn ("old church village"), with a church and market, was established about up the Pite River in 1320s. The church burned in the early 15th century; rather than rebuild at the same site, the new church was built on an island further downstream. A settlement developed around this second church as well, and became Öjebyn. Piteå was granted the rights of a city in 1621, and the main town moved to Öjebyn. In 1666, however, most of Öjebyn was itself destroyed by a fire. Over the next 10 years, a new main city was built on the island of Häggholmen, just off the mouth of the Pite River, and this, rather than Öjebyn, has remained the Piteå city center into modern times.