Saari, Finland

This article is about the former municipality of Finland. For people named Saari, see Saari (name).

Coat of arms of Saari

Saari (literally Island) is a former municipality of Finland.

It was located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the South Karelia region. The municipality had a population of 1,392 (2004) and covered an area of 183.08 km² of which 15.70 km² is water. The population density was 8.5673 inhabitants per km².

The municipality was unilingually Finnish. Before the municipality was dissolved, Saari's neighboring municipalities were Kesälahti, Parikkala, Punkaharju, and Uukuniemi.

Saari was annexed to Parikkala and Uukuniemi municipalities on 1 January 2005. The new municipality was named Parikkala.

Notable people

• Aleksanteri Aava (1883–1956), poet
• Jorma Härkönen (born 1956), middle-distance runner
• Olavi Litmanen (born 1945), footballer and the father of Jari Litmanen
• Suvi Mikkonen (born 1988), taekwondo practitioner
• Tuomo Pekkanen (born 1934), philologist and university teacher

External links

Media related to Saari at Wikimedia Commons

• Parikkala, Saari and Uukuniemi