Kaavi

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Municipality in Northern Savonia, Finland

Coat of arms

Location of Kaavi in Finland

Coordinates: 62°58.5′N 028°29′E / 62.9750°N 28.483°E / 62.9750; 28.483Country

FinlandRegionNorthern SavoniaSub-regionNorth Eastern SavoniaCharter1875Government

• Municipal managerHarri Korhonen ^[1]Area

(2018-01-01)^[2]

• Total789.59 km² (304.86 sq mi) • Land674.08 km² (260.26 sq mi) • Water115.49 km² (44.59 sq mi) • Rank126th largest in FinlandPopulation

(2023-12-31)^[3]

• Total2,628 • Rank229th largest in Finland • Density3.9/km² (10/sq mi)Population by native language

^[4]

• Finnish98% (official) • Swedish0.1% • Others1.9%Population by age

^[5]

• 0 to 1411.1% • 15 to 6453.2% • 65 or older35.7%Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET) • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)Websitewww.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
Summer theaters in Luikonlahti and Maarianvaara
Kaavi Church
Orthodox Chapel in Luikonlahti

Twin towns

Mõniste, Estonia
Võru County, Estonia^[7]

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

^ Kunnanjohtaja Harri Korhonen aloittanut 1.9.
^ ^a ^b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Immigration record high in Finland in 2023". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
^ "Demographic Structure by area as of 31 December 2022". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
^ "Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
^ Suomen kuntien ystävyyskunnat Virossa