Kaavi

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Kaavi
Municipality
Kaavin kunta Kaavi kommun
Sivakkajoki River flows through Kaavi.
Coat of arms
Location of Kaavi in Finland
Interactive map of Kaavi
Coordinates: 62°58.5′N 028°29′E / 62.9750°N 28.483°E / 62.9750; 28.483
Country	Finland
Region	North Savo
Sub-region	Northeast Savo
Charter	1875
Government
• Municipal manager	Harri Korhonen
Area  (2018-01-01)
• 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  (2025-12-31)
• Total	2,547
• Rank	230th largest in Finland
• Density	3.78/km2 (9.8/sq mi)
Population by native language
• Finnish	97.6% (official)
• Others	2.4%
Population by age
• 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	kaavi.fi

Kaavi is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the North Savo region. Kaavi is also a part of historical Karelia. The municipality has a population of 2,547 (31 December 2025) and covers an area of 789.59 square kilometres (304.86 sq mi) of which 115.49 km² (44.59 sq mi) is water. The population density is 3.78 inhabitants per square kilometre (9.8/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

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 (in Finnish)