Saarijärvi
| Saarijärvi | |||
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| Saarijärven kaupunki | |||
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| Coordinates: 62°42.3′N 025°15.5′E / 62.705°N 25.2583°ECoordinates: 62°42.3′N 025°15.5′E / 62.705°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 (2012-01-31)[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 (31 January 2012)[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] 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.
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (in Finnish and Swedish) (PDF). Land Survey of Finland. http://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi/sites/default/files/pinta-alat_2011_kunnannimenmukaan.xls. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
- ^ a b "Population by municipality as of 31 January 2012" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Information System. Population Register Center of Finland. http://vrk.fi/default.aspx?docid=5919&site=3&id=0. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. http://www.vero.fi/nc/doc/download.asp?id=7996;193801. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
[edit] External links
Media related to Saarijärvi at Wikimedia Commons
- Town of Saarijärvi – Official website
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