Saari, Finland
Former municipality in Finland
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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.[1]
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
