Saarijärvi
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Saarijärvi (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈsɑːriˌjærʋi]) is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the Central Finland region. The municipality has a population of 8,847 (31 December 2023)[5] and covers an area of 1,422.72 square kilometres (549.32 sq mi) of which 170.8 km2 (65.9 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 7.07 inhabitants per square kilometre (18.3/sq mi).
Saarijärvi | |
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Town | |
Saarijärven kaupunki Saarijärvi stad | |
Coordinates: 62°42.3′N 025°15.5′E | |
Country | Finland |
Region | Central Finland |
Sub-region | Saarijärvi-Viitasaari sub-region |
Charter | 1866 |
City rights | 1986 |
Government | |
• Town manager | Satu Autiosalo |
Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 1,422.72 km2 (549.32 sq mi) |
• Land | 1,251.76 km2 (483.31 sq mi) |
• Water | 170.8 km2 (65.9 sq mi) |
• Rank | 58th largest in Finland |
Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 8,847 |
• Rank | 111th largest in Finland |
• Density | 7.07/km2 (18.3/sq mi) |
Population by native language | |
• Finnish | 98.3% (official) |
• Swedish | 0.1% |
• Others | 1.6% |
Population by age | |
• 0 to 14 | 13.8% |
• 15 to 64 | 53.2% |
• 65 or older | 33% |
Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
Website | www |
Neighbouring municipalities are Kannonkoski, Karstula, Multia, Soini, Uurainen, Ähtäri and Äänekoski.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The neighboring municipality of Pylkönmäki was consolidated to Saarijärvi on 1 January 2009.
There are all together 241 lakes in Saarijärvi. Biggest lakes are Pyhäjärvi, Summanen and Lake Saarijärvi.[6]
Saarijärvi is the home of Bonden Paavo (Finnish: Saarijärven Paavo) in the poem by Johan Ludvig Runeberg. Juho Hyytiäinen, the great grandfather of Pamela Anderson, left the village in 1908 emigrating to the American continent.