Kaavi

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Kaavi

Total population

3,337

Founded

1875

Land area674.08 km²

Coordinates62.98°, 28.48°

Demographic figures from Statistics Finland. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Kaavi is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the North Savo region. Kaavi is also a part of historical Karelia. The municipality has a population of 2,547 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 3.78 inhabitants per square kilometre (9.8/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.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Antero Alpola

Finnish journalist (1917–2001)

Harri Hakkarainen

Finnish athletics competitor

Kaarle Kiljander

Finnish priest (1817–1879)

O

Olavi Puro

Finnish politician

T

Tatu Kokko

Finnish writer

Hugo Niskanen

Finnish long-distance runner

K. J. G. Sirelius

Finnish priest (1818-1888)

J

Jussi Tirkkonen

Finnish tailor and politician

J

Jalo Järnefelt

J

Juho Aatami Pelkonen

F

Fredrik Lagerstam

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Northern Savonia

• Luikonlahti
  7 mi away
• Potku
  8.9 mi away
• Muuruvesi
  8.9 mi away
• Rötikkö
  12.8 mi away
• Losomäki
  13 mi away
• Ontreinpuoli
  15.6 mi away
• Lastukoski
  17 mi away
• Suovaara
  17 mi away
• Jännevirta
  19.7 mi away
• Mustinlahti
  20.2 mi away
• Mustalahti
  20.2 mi away
• Vehmersalmi
  20.5 mi away · pop. 562

Browse all places in Northern Savonia →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

December Moth

Poecilocampa populi

Seen 2026-09-26

orange peel fungus

Aleuria aurantia

Seen 2026-09-18

Ostrich-plume Moss

Ptilium crista-castrensis

Seen 2026-09-15

Marsh Thistle

Cirsium palustre

Seen 2026-09-14

Orange Birch Bolete

Leccinum versipelle

Seen 2026-09-05

Ferruginous Bee-Grabber

Sicus ferrugineus

Seen 2026-09-02

spinulose wood fern

Dryopteris carthusiana

Seen 2026-09-01

stairstep moss

Hylocomium splendens

Seen 2026-09-01

Woolly Milkcap

Lactarius torminosus

Seen 2026-08-31

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

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