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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 .

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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

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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
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Encyclopedic overview

7 sections
Contents
  • 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.

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