Saarijärvi
Saarijärvi is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the Central Finland region. The municipality has a population of
and covers an area of of
which
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 consolidated to Saarijärvi on 1 January 2009.
There are all together 241 lakes in Saarijärvi. Biggest lakes are Pyhäjärvi, Summanen and Lake Saarijärvi.
Saarijärvi is the home of Bonden 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.Saarijärvi is twinned with:
