Kaavi
Municipality in Northern Savonia, Finland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 2,590 (31 December 2024)[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 3.84 inhabitants per square kilometre (9.9/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.
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Kaavi | |
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Municipality | |
Kaavin kunta Kaavi kommun | |
Sivakkajoki River flows through Kaavi. | |
Location of Kaavi in Finland | |
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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 (2024-12-31)[3] | |
• Total | 2,590 |
• Rank | 231st largest in Finland |
• Density | 3.84/km2 (9.9/sq mi) |
Population by native language | |
• Finnish | 97.5% (official) |
• Others | 2.5% |
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 | www.kaavi.fi |
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
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
External links
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