:Saarijärvi

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{{Infobox settlement

|name = Saarijärvi

| official_name = {{lang|fi|Saarijärven kaupunki}}
{{lang|sv|Saarijärvi stad}}

| settlement_type = Town

| image_skyline = Church of Saarijärvi, 2009-08-25.jpg

| imagesize = 250px

| image_caption = Church of Saarijärvi

| image_shield = Saarijärvi.vaakuna.svg

| shield_size = 120x80px

| image_map = Saarijärvi sijainti Suomi.svg

| map_caption = Location of Saarijärvi in Finland

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|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = {{flag|Finland}}

| subdivision_type1 = Region

| subdivision_name1 = Central Finland

| subdivision_type2 = Sub-region

| subdivision_name2 = Saarijärvi-Viitasaari sub-region

| leader_title = Town manager

| leader_name = Satu Autiosalo

| established_title = Charter

| established_date = 1866

| established_title2 = City rights

| established_date2 = 1986

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|timezone = EET

|utc_offset = +02:00

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| website = {{Official URL}}

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Saarijärvi ({{IPA|fi|ˈsɑːriˌjærʋi}}) is a town and municipality of Finland located in the Central Finland region. The municipality has a population of {{formatnum:

{{Data Finland municipality/population count|Saarijärvi}}}}, as of {{#time: j F Y|{{Data Finland municipality/population count|sourcedate}}

}},{{Cite web |url= http://www.vrk.fi/vrk/files.nsf/files/5C9F0C2045E12D21C2257260004072C9/$file/061231.htm |title= Population by municipality as of {{#time: j F Y|2006-12-31}} |access-date= {{#time: j F Y|2010-05-02}} |work= Population Information System |publisher= Population Register Center of Finland |language= fi, sv }}{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} and covers an area of {{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/total area|Saarijärvi}}|km2}} of which {{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/waters area|Saarijärvi}}|km2|abbr=on}}, or 12%, is water. The population density is {{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/population density|Saarijärvi|round=2}}|PD/km2}}.

Neighbouring municipalities are Kannonkoski, Karstula, Multia, Soini, Uurainen, Ähtäri and Äänekoski.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The neighboring municipality of Pylkönmäki was merged with the Saarijärvi municipality on 1 January 2009.

There are 241 lakes in Saarijärvi altogether. The biggest lakes are Pyhäjärvi, Summanen and Lake Saarijärvi.{{cite web |url=http://www.jarviwiki.fi/wiki/Saarijärvi_(kunta) |title=Saarijärvi (kunta) |year=2012 |work=Järviwiki |publisher=Finland's Environmental Administration |access-date=27 February 2012}}

Saarijärvi is the home of Bonden Paavo ({{langx|fi|Saarijärven Paavo}}) in the poem by Johan Ludvig Runeberg. Juho Hyytiäinen, the great grandfather of Pamela Anderson, left the village in 1908 emigrating to the American continent.