Saarijärvi-Viitasaari sub-region is a subdivision of
Central Finland
Central Finland (; ) is a Regions of Finland, region ( / ) in Finland. It borders the regions of Päijät-Häme, Pirkanmaa, South Ostrobothnia, Central Ostrobothnia, North Ostrobothnia, Northern Savonia, North Savo, and Southern Savonia, South S ...
and one of the
Sub-regions of Finland
Sub-regions (, ) are divisions used for Statistics, statistical purposes in Finland. The country is divided into 69 sub-regions, which are formed by groups of Municipalities of Finland, municipalities within the 19 regions of Finland. These sub ...
since 2009.
Municipalities
Saarijärvi area
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Kannonkoski
Kannonkoski is a Finnish municipality located in the Central Finland region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which , or 19%, is water. The population density is . Neighbouring municipalities are Karstula, Kivi ...
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Karstula
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Kivijärvi
Kivijärvi (; literally "stone(y) lake") is a municipalities of Finland, municipality of Finland. It is located in the Central Finland regions of Finland, region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water ...
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Kyyjärvi
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Saarijärvi
Saarijärvi () is a List of cities and towns in Finland, town and municipalities of Finland, municipality of Finland located in the Central Finland regions of Finland, region. The municipality has a population of , as of , and covers an area of ...
Viitasaari area
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Kinnula
Kinnula is a municipality of Finland.
It is located in the Central Finland region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is .
Neighbouring municipalities are Kivijärvi, Le ...
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Pihtipudas
Pihtipudas is a municipalities of Finland, municipality of Finland. Pihtipudas is known for the annual javelin carnival and for Lauri Pihkala, Lauri "Tahko" Pihkala, the inventor of Pesäpallo, the Finnish variant of baseball.
Location and geogra ...
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Viitasaari
Viitasaari is a Finnish town and municipality located in the Central Finland region. It is located between the neighbouring municipalities of Pihtipudas to the north and Äänekoski to the south. The town has a population of
() and covers an are ...
Politics
Results of the
2018 Finnish presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Finland on 28 January 2018. The incumbent Sauli Niinistö received 63% of the vote and was re-elected for a second term, avoiding a Two-round system, second round. He received a plurality of the vote in every M ...
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Sauli Niinistö
Sauli Väinämö Niinistö (, born 24 August 1948) is a Finnish politician who served as the 12th president of Finland from 2012 to 2024.
A lawyer by education, Niinistö was Chairman of the National Coalition Party (NCP) from 1994 to 2001, Mini ...
60.9%
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Matti Vanhanen
Matti Taneli Vanhanen (; born 4 November 1955) is a Finnish politician who served as Prime Minister of Finland from 2003 to 2010. He was also Chairman of the Centre Party (Finland), Centre Party in 2006. In his earlier career, he was a journali ...
10.7%
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Paavo Väyrynen
Paavo Matti Väyrynen (; born 2 September 1946) is a Finland, Finnish Politics of Finland, politician who has served, among other things, as Minister for Foreign Affairs (Finland), Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1977 to 1982, and again from 198 ...
9.2%
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Laura Huhtasaari
Laura Huhtasaari (born 30 March 1979) is a Finland, Finnish politician and teacher. As a member of the Finns Party, she has represented Satakunta (electoral district), Satakunta in the Parliament of Finland from April 2015 to July 2019. She was th ...
6.9%
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Pekka Haavisto
Pekka Olavi Haavisto (; born 23 March 1958) is a Finnish politician of the Green League who served as the Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2019 to 2023.
Haavisto returned to the Finnish Parliament in the Finnish parliamentary election of M ...
5.9%
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Tuula Haatainen
Tuula Irmeli Haatainen (born 11 February 1960) is a Finnish politician and a member of the Finnish Parliament, with the Social Democratic Party of Finland, Social Democratic Party. She was the Minister of Education 2003–2005 and the Minister of ...
4.0%
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Merja Kyllönen
Merja Kyllönen (born 25 January 1977) is a Finnish politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Finland. She is a member of the Left Alliance, part of The Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL. She was the Minister of Tran ...
2.2%
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Nils Torvalds
Nils Ole Hilmer Torvalds (born 7 August 1945) is a Finnish politician who had been a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2012 to 2024. He is a member of the Swedish People's Party of Finland, part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democra ...
0.3%
Sub-regions of Finland
Geography of Central Finland
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