Saarijärvi
| Saarijärvi | ||
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| Saarijärven kaupunki | ||
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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 | Janne Kinnunen | |
| Area(2011-01-01)[1] | ||
| • 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 (2013-02-28)[2] | ||
| • Total | 10,373 | |
| • Rank | 98th largest in Finland | |
| • Density | 8.29/km2 (21.5/sq mi) | |
| 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] | 20% | |
| 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 10,373 (28 February 2013)[2] 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.[1] There are all together 241 lakes in Saarijärvi. Biggest lakes are Pyhäjärvi, Summanen and Lake Saarijärvi.[6] The population density is 8.29 inhabitants per square kilometre (21.5 /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.
Sister cities [edit]
The following places are twinned with Saarijärvi:[7]
Gran, Norway
Hadsten, Denmark- Hinnerup, Denmark
Kungsbacka, Sweden
Trittau (Amt) consisting of the following municipalities: Grande; Grönwohld; Großensee; Hamfelde; Hohenfelde; Köthel; Lütjensee; Rausdorf; Trittau and Witzhave, Germany
Commune of Loire-Divatte consisting of the following municipalities: Barbechat; La Remaudière; Le Landreau; Le Loroux-Bottereau; Saint-Julien-de-Concelles and La Chapelle-Basse-Mer, France
References [edit]
- ^ a b "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
- ^ a b "VÄESTÖTIETOJÄRJESTELMÄ REKISTERITILANNE 28.2.2013" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
- ^ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ "Saarijärvi (kunta)". Järviwiki. Finland's Environmental Administration. 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
- ^ "Ystävyyskuntatoiminta". City of Saarijärvi. Retrieved 2012-06-01. (Norwegian)
External links [edit]
Media related to Saarijärvi at Wikimedia Commons
- Town of Saarijärvi – Official website
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