Kaavi
Sign in to saveKaavi 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 () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . It is from Kuopio and from Joensuu. Neighbouring municipalities are Kuopio, Juuka, Outokumpu, Polvijärvi and Tuusniemi.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Kaavi
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Sivakkajoki (Kaavi).JPG
- Settlement.image_caption
- Sivakkajoki River flows through Kaavi.
- Settlement.image_shield
- Kaavi.vaakuna.svg
- Settlement.shield_size
- 120x80px
- Settlement.image_map
- Kaavi sijainti Suomi.svg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Kaavi in Finland
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- North Savo
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Sub-region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Northeast Savo
- Settlement.leader_title
- Municipal manager
- Settlement.leader_name
- Harri Korhonen
- Settlement.established_title
- Charter
- Settlement.established_date
- 1875
- Settlement.timezone
- EET
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Finland
- Official name
- Kaavin kunta
- Country
- Finland
- Located in
- Kuopio Province
- Official language
- Finnish
- Population
- 2547
- Area
- 115.51
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Shares border with
- Tuusniemi
- Official website
- kaavi.fi
- Image
- Kaavin kirkkomaan portti.jpg
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- Commons category
- Kaavi
- twinned administrative body
- Võru County
- topic's main category
- Category:Kaavi
- inception
- 1875-01-01
- associated electoral district
- Savo-Karelia
- located in the statistical territorial entity
- North Eastern Savonia
- citizens' initiative URL
- www.kuntalaisaloite.fi/sv/sok?municipalities=204
- different from
- Kaavi
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Sights and activities
- Twin towns
- Notable people
- References
- Further reading
- External links
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 () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . It is from Kuopio and from Joensuu. Neighbouring municipalities are Kuopio, Juuka, Outokumpu, Polvijärvi and Tuusniemi.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kaavi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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