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 () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . It is from Kuopio and 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

• Summer theaters in Luikonlahti and Maarianvaara

• Kaavi Church

• Orthodox Chapel in Luikonlahti

Twin towns

• Mõniste, Estonia

• Võru County, Estonia

Notable people

• 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

• Municipality of Kaavi – Official website