総人口：3,312People (2015 March 31, 2010)。area： 176.9km²
The origin of the village name is the Ainu word "Sarapetsu" (a place where Ashi and Kaya grow).。

It is an area that adopted the "large-scale and mechanization" of upland farming from an early stage.、The management area per farmhouse is one of the largest in Japan.。