Saarijärvi
| Saarijärvi | ||
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| Saarijärven kaupunki | ||
Church of Saarijärvi
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 Location of Saarijärvi in Finland |
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| Coordinates: 62°42.3′N 025°15.5′E / 62.7050°N 25.2583°ECoordinates: 62°42.3′N 025°15.5′E / 62.7050°N 25.2583°E | ||
| Country | Finland | |
| Region | Central Finland | |
| Sub-region | Saarijärvi-Viitasaari sub-region | |
| Charter | 1866 | |
| City rights | 1986 | |
| Government | ||
| • Town manager | Timo Rusanen | |
| Area (2011-01-01) | ||
| • Total | 1,422.73 km2 (549.32 sq mi) | |
| • Land | 1,251.93 km2 (483.37 sq mi) | |
| • Water | 170.8 km2 (65.9 sq mi) | |
| Area rank | 75th largest in Finland | |
| Population (2016-03-31) | ||
| • Total | 9,880 | |
| • Rank | 98th largest in Finland | |
| • Density | 7.89/km2 (20.4/sq mi) | |
| Population by native language | ||
| • Finnish | 99.4% (official) | |
| • Others | 0.6% | |
| Population by age | ||
| • 0 to 14 | 15.7% | |
| • 15 to 64 | 61.4% | |
| • 65 or older | 23% | |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | |
| Municipal tax rate | 20% | |
| Website | www.saarijarvi.fi | |
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 9,880 (31 March 2016) and covers an area of 1,422.73 square kilometres (549.32 sq mi) of which 170.8 km2 (65.9 sq mi) is water. There are all together 241 lakes in Saarijärvi. Biggest lakes are Pyhäjärvi, Summanen and Lake Saarijärvi. The population density is 7.89 inhabitants per square kilometre (20.4/sq mi).
The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The neighboring municipality of Pylkönmäki was consolidated to Saarijärvi on 1 January 2009.
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.
The following places are twinned with Saarijärvi:
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