Saari, Finland

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 1,411 (2003) and covered an area of 183.08 km² of which 15.70 km² is water. The population density was 8.4 inhabitants per km².

The municipality was unilingually Finnish.

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 [fi] (born 1934), philologist and university teacher

External links

Media related to Saari at Wikimedia Commons

• Parikkala, Saari and Uukuniemi

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Municipalities of South Karelia

Municipalities

• Imatra
• Lappeenranta
• Lemi
• Luumäki
• Parikkala
• Rautjärvi
• Ruokolahti
• Savitaipale
• Taipalsaari

Former municipalities

• Joutseno
• Lappee
• Lauritsala
• Nuijamaa
• Saari
• Simpele
• Suomenniemi
• Uukuniemi
• Ylämaa

• South Karelia
• Finland

61°41′45″N 29°41′00″E / 61.69583°N 29.68333°E / 61.69583; 29.68333

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