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 0 and covers an area of undefined km2 of which undefined km2 is water. The population density is undefined PD/km2. It is 60 km from Kuopio and 90 km 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