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Kaavi
Municipality
Kaavin kunta Kaavi kommun
Sivakkajoki River flows through Kaavi.
Coat of arms
Location of Kaavi in Finland
Coordinates: 62°58.5′N 028°29′E / 62.9750°N 28.483°E / 62.9750; 28.483
Country	Finland
Region	Northern Savonia
Sub-region	North Eastern Savonia
Charter	1875
Government
• Municipal manager	Harri Korhonen [1]
Area  (2018-01-01) [2]
• Total	789.59 km2 (304.86 sq mi)
• Land	674.08 km2 (260.26 sq mi)
• Water	115.49 km2 (44.59 sq mi)
• Rank	126th largest in Finland
Population  (2023-12-31) [3]
• Total	2,628
• Rank	229th largest in Finland
• Density	3.9/km2 (10/sq mi)
Population by native language [3]
•  Finnish	98% (official)
•  Swedish	0.2%
• Others	1.9%
Population by age [4]
• 0 to 14	11.1%
• 15 to 64	53.2%
• 65 or older	35.7%
Time zone	UTC+02:00 ( EET)
• Summer ( DST)	UTC+03:00 ( EEST)
Website	www.kaavi.fi

Kaavi is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Northern Savonia region. Kaavi is also a part of historical Karelia. The municipality has a population of 2,628 (31 December 2023) ^[3] and covers an area of 789.59 square kilometres (304.86 sq mi) of which 115.49 km² (44.59 sq mi) is water. ^[2] The population density is 3.9 inhabitants per square kilometre (10/sq mi). It is 60 kilometres (37 mi) from Kuopio and 90 kilometres (56 mi) from Joensuu. Neighbouring municipalities are Kuopio, Juuka, Outokumpu, Polvijärvi and Tuusniemi.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Sights and activities

• Telkkämäki Nature Reserve (Heritage Farm)
• Juutila Foundry Museum (the only sand casting museum in the Nordic countries, foundry since 1881)
• Vaikkojoki River; shooting the rapids, fishing, hiking, canoeing
• Kaavi Blues Festival in June^{[ citation needed]}
• Summer theaters in Luikonlahti and Maarianvaara^{[ citation needed]}
• Kaavi Church^{[ citation needed]}
• Orthodox Chapel in Luikonlahti^{[ citation needed]}

Twin towns

• Mõniste, Estonia
• Võru County, Estonia ^[6]

Notable people

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• Harri Hakkarainen, javelin thrower
• Isto Hiltunen, musician
• Matti Koivunen, ice hockey player
• Seppo Kononen, journalist, had award 2011 ( Suomen kuvalehti)
• Hugo Niskanen, runner
• Mira Salo, Miss Finland

References

Further reading

Koillis-Savo (newspaper)

External links

Media related to Kaavi at Wikimedia Commons

• Municipality of Kaavi – Official website