What is Saarijärvi?
[[File:Saarijärvi sijainti Suomi.svg|thumb|Location]] [[File:Seututie 636 etelään C IMG 2953.JPG|thumb|A road to south]] [[File:Saarijärvi.lippu.svg|thumb|150px|Flag]] [[File:Saarijärvi.vaakuna.svg|thumb|90px|Coat of arms]] '''Saarijärvi''' is a city in [[central Finland]]. The municipalities next to it are [[Kannonkoski]], [[Karstula]], [[Multia]], [[Soini]], [[Uurainen]], [[Ähtäri]] and [[Äänekoski]]. ==History== Saarijärvi has been a city since 1986. However, there have been people living here for 6,000 years. In 1749, ''Vanha Saarijärvi'' had populatoin of 1,380. Its population was the largest in 1870 when there were 14,000 living there. The neighboring municipality of [[Pylkönmäki]] was merged with Saarijärvi in 2009. ==Population growth== {{Bar chart | title = Population | label_type = Year | data_type = Population | bar_width = 35 | width_units = em | data_max = 13000 | label1 = 1980 | data1 = 11871 | label2 = 1985 | data2 = 11930 | label3 = 1990 | data3 = 12026 | label4 = 1995 | data4 = 11980 | label5 = 2000 | data5 = 11624 | label6 = 2005 | data6 = 11048 | label7 = 2010 | data7 = 10580 }} <ref>http://pxweb2.stat.fi/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=060_vaerak_tau_107&ti=V%E4est%F6+kielen+mukaan+sek%E4+ulkomaan+kansalaisten+m%E4%E4r%E4+ja+maa%2Dpinta%2Dala+alueittain+1980+%2D+2012&path=../Database/StatFin/vrm/vaerak/&lang=3&multilang=fi{{Dead link|date=December 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Tilastokeskus reference, Finnish</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}}[http://pxweb2.stat.fi/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=060_vaerak_tau_107&ti=V%E4est%F6+kielen+mukaan+sek%E4+ulkomaan+kansalaisten+m%E4%E4r%E4+ja+maa%2Dpinta%2Dala+alueittain+1980+%2D+2012&path=../Database/StatFin/vrm/vaerak/&lang=3&multilang=fi Tilastokeskus reference, Finnish]{{Dead link|date=December 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} ==Other websites== {{Commons category|Saarijärvi}} * [http://www.saarijärvi.fi/ Saarijärvi pages]{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fi