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For other uses, see Saarijärvi (disambiguation).
Saarijärvi
—  Town  —
Saarijärven kaupunki
Church of Saarijärvi

Coat of arms
Location of Saarijärvi in Finland
Coordinates: 62°42.3′N 025°15.5′E / 62.705°N 25.2583°E / 62.705; 25.2583Coordinates: 62°42.3′N 025°15.5′E / 62.705°N 25.2583°E / 62.705; 25.2583
Country Finland
Province Western Finland
Region Central Finland
Sub-region Saarijärvi–Viitasaari sub-region
Charter 1866
City rights 1986
Government
 - Town manager Janne Kinnunen
Area (2009-01-01)[1]
 - Total 1,422.88 km2 (549.4 sq mi)
 - Land 1,252.24 km2 (483.5 sq mi)
 - Water 170.64 km2 (65.9 sq mi)
Area rank 71st largest in Finland
Population (2009-06-30)[2]
 - Total 10,708
 - Density 8.55/km2 (22.1/sq mi)
Population rank 97th largest in Finland
Population by native language [3]
 - Finnish 99.4% (official)
 - Others 0.6%
Population by age [4]
 - 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[5] 19.75%
Website www.saarijarvi.fi

Saarijärvi is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Finland region. The municipality has a population of 10,708 (30 June 2009)[2] and covers an area of 1,422.88 square kilometres (549.38 sq mi) of which 170.64 km2 (65.88 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 8.55 inhabitants per square kilometre (22.1 /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.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2009" (in Finnish and Swedish) (PDF). Land Survey of Finland. http://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi/Pintaalat_kunnittain_1.1.2009.pdf. Retrieved 20 February 2009. 
  2. ^ a b "Population by municipality as of 30 June 2009" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Information System. Population Register Center of Finland. http://www.vrk.fi/vrk/files.nsf/files/AE1290D892E86719C22575EB002B065C/$file/090630.html. Retrieved 26 July 2009. 
  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. http://pxweb2.stat.fi/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=060_vaerak_tau_107_fi&ti=V%E4est%F6+kielen+mukaan+sek%E4+ulkomaan+kansalaisten+m%E4%E4r%E4+ja+maa%2Dpinta%2Dala+alueittain++1980+%2D+2008&path=../Database/StatFin/vrm/vaerak/&lang=3&multilang=fi. Retrieved 29 March 2009. 
  4. ^ "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. http://pxweb2.stat.fi/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=050_vaerak_tau_104_fi&ti=V%E4est%F6+i%E4n+%281%2Dv%2E%29+ja+sukupuolen+mukaan+alueittain+1980+%2D+2008&path=../Database/StatFin/vrm/vaerak/&lang=3&multilang=fi. Retrieved 28 April 2009. 
  5. ^ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2009". Tax Administration of Finland. 1 December 2008. http://www.vero.fi/nc/doc/download.asp?id=6425;167571. Retrieved 8 March 2009. 

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