Saari, Finland
Saari (literally Island) is a former municipality of Finland.
Coat of Arms of Saari
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 (born 1934), philologist and university teacher
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