- Source: Kaavi
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 2,600 (31 October 2024) 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 3.86 inhabitants per square kilometre (10.0/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
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
Media related to Kaavi at Wikimedia Commons
Municipality of Kaavi – Official website
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Peladangan
- Kuopio
- Juuka
- Savo Utara
- Landing Platform Dock kelas Tarlac
- Kaavi
- Kaavi art
- North Savo
- Regions of Eastern Finland
- Kaavi, Estonia
- Municipalities of North Savo
- Kaavi Lighthouse
- Karelia (historical province of Finland)
- Kolam
- Karelia
