Saarijärvi
Sign in to saveSaarijärvi () is a town and municipality of Finland located in the Central Finland region, located about north of Jyväskylä. The municipality has a population of , as of , and covers an area of of which , or 12%, is water. The population density is .
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Vinony's link graph records 120 inbound references to Saarijärvi, and connects out to Central Finland, Germany and Finland.
The entry is geolocated on the map, across 3 mapped points.
It is catalogued under topics including 1866 establishments in Finland, Cities and towns in Finland and Populated places established in 1866.
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Saarijärvi
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Church of Saarijärvi, 2009-08-25.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Church of Saarijärvi
- Settlement.image_flag
- Saarijärvi.lippu.svg
- Settlement.flag_size
- 120x70px
- Settlement.image_shield
- Saarijärvi.vaakuna.svg
- Settlement.shield_size
- 120x80px
- Settlement.image_map
- Saarijärvi sijainti Suomi.svg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Saarijärvi in Finland
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Central Finland
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Sub-region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Saarijärvi-Viitasaari sub-region
- Settlement.leader_title
- Town manager
- Settlement.leader_name
- Satu Autiosalo
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Saarijärven kaupunki
- Population
- 8847
- Area
- 170.97
- Official website
- saarijarvi.fi
- Image
- Saarijärvi Church 20190619.jpg
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- Commons category
- Saarijärvi
- inception
- 1866-01-01
- citizens' initiative URL
- www.kuntalaisaloite.fi/sv/sok?municipalities=729
Sources (11)
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- History
- Twin towns - sister cities
- Transport
- People born in Saarijärvi
- See also
- References
- External links
Saarijärvi () is a town and municipality of Finland located in the Central Finland region, located about north of Jyväskylä. The municipality has a population of , as of , and covers an area of of which , or 12%, is water. The population density is .
Neighbouring municipalities are Kannonkoski, Karstula, Multia, Soini, Uurainen, Ähtäri and Äänekoski. The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The neighboring municipality of Pylkönmäki was merged with the Saarijärvi municipality on 1 January 2009. There are 241 lakes in Saarijärvi altogether. The biggest lakes are Pyhäjärvi, Summanen and Lake Saarijärvi.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Saarijärvi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
3 mapped locations