Saarijärvi

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 9,115 (31 December 2021)[6] 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 7.28 inhabitants per square kilometre (18.9/sq mi).

For other uses, see Saarijärvi (disambiguation).
Saarijärvi
Town
Saarijärven kaupunki
Saarijärvi stad
Church of Saarijärvi
Flag
Coat of arms
Location of Saarijärvi in Finland
Coordinates: 62°42.3′N 025°15.5′E
Country Finland
RegionCentral Finland
Sub-regionSaarijärvi-Viitasaari sub-region
Charter1866
City rights1986
Government
 • Town managerTimo Rusanen
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total1,422.72 km2 (549.32 sq mi)
 • Land1,251.93 km2 (483.37 sq mi)
 • Water170.8 km2 (65.9 sq mi)
 • Rank58th largest in Finland
Population
 (2021-12-31)[2]
 • Total9,115
 • Rank111th largest in Finland
 • Density7.28/km2 (18.9/sq mi)
Population by native language
[3]
 • Finnish99.4% (official)
 • Others0.6%
Population by age
[4]
 • 0 to 1413.8%
 • 15 to 6453.2%
 • 65 or older33%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Municipal tax rate[5]22%
Websitewww.saarijarvi.fi

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.[7]

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.

Twin towns - sister cities

Saarijärvi is twinned with:[8]

People born in Saarijärvi

See also

References
  1. "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. "Preliminary population structure by area, 2021M01*-2021M12*". StatFin (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  3. "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
  4. "Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  5. "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2021" (PDF). Tax Administration of Finland. 1 December 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  6. "Population by municipality as of 31 December 2006". Population Information System (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
  7. "Saarijärvi (kunta)". Järviwiki. Finland's Environmental Administration. 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
  8. "Saarijärven kaupungin ystävyyskunnat". saarijarvi.fi (in Finnish). Saarijärvi. Retrieved 2019-12-08.

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