Saari (literally ''

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'') is a former municipality of

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. It was located in the

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and is part of the

South Karelia South Karelia ( fi, Etelä-Karjala; sv, Södra Karelen) is a Regions of Finland, region of Finland. It borders the regions of Kymenlaakso, Southern Savonia, South Savo and North Karelia, as well as Russia (Republic of Karelia and Leningrad Obla ...

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. 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

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was 8.4 inhabitants per km². The municipality was unilingually

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. Saari was annexed to

Parikkala Parikkala () is a municipality of Finland located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the South Karelia region, from Lappeenranta and from Joensuu. The town center of Parikkala is about from the Russian border. The municipality ...

and

Uukuniemi Uukuniemi is a former municipality of Finland. It was located in the province of Southern Finland and was part of the South Karelia region. The municipality had a population of 516 (2003) and it covered an area of 156.58 km² of which 54.8 ...

municipalities on 1 January 2005. The new municipality was named Parikkala.

Notable people

Aleksanteri Aava Aleksanteri Aava, born Aleksanteri (Santeri) Kuparinen, (18 April 1883 – 11 March 1956) was a Demographics of Finland, Finnish poet and Smallholding, smallholder. Aava was born in Gromovo, Sakkola in the Grand Duchy of Finland. His parents wer ...

(1883–1956), poet * Jorma Härkönen (born 1956), middle-distance runner * Olavi Litmanen (born 1945), footballer and the father of

Jari Litmanen Jari Olavi Litmanen (; born 20 February 1971) is a Finnish former footballer. He was the first-choice captain of the Finland national team between 1996 and 2008 in an international career that ran from 1989 to 2010. Litmanen is widely consider ...

Suvi Mikkonen Suvi Mikkonen (born 11 July 1988, in SaariSuvi Mikkonen
(in Finnish)) is a Finnish < ...

(born 1988), taekwondo practitioner * (born 1934), philologist and university teacher

External links

Parikkala, Saari and Uukuniemi
Populated places disestablished in 2005 Former municipalities of Finland {{SouthernFinland-geo-stub