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 km (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 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

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• 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