Saari, Finland
# Saari, Finland

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 1,411 (2003) and covered an area of 183.08 $km^2$ of which 15.70 $km^2$ is water. The population density was 8.4 inhabitants per $km^2.$

The municipality was unilingually Finnish.

Saari was annexed to Parikkala and Uukuniemi municipalities on 1 January 2005. The new municipality was named Parikkala.

## 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 [fi] (born 1934), philologist and university teacher
