Kaavi facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Kaavi
Municipality
Kaavin kunta Kaavi kommun
Sivakkajoki River flows through Kaavi.
Coat of arms
Location of Kaavi in Finland
Country	Finland
Region	Northern Savonia
Sub-region	North Eastern Savonia
Charter	1875
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)
Area rank	126th largest in Finland
Population  (2023-12-31)
• Total	2,628
• Rank	229th largest in Finland
• Density	3.9/km2 (10/sq mi)
Population by native language
• Finnish	98% (official)
• Swedish	0.2%
• Others	1.9%
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

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) 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 3.9 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 Heritage Farm.

• 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