Kaavi

Kaavi [ kɑ ː vi] is a municipality with 3317 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) in eastern Finland. It lies about 60 kilometers northeast of the city of Kuopio in the countryside Savo.

  • 4.1 Attractions

Community

Next to the eponymous capital Kaavi It includes the villages Hirvisaari, Karsikkovaara, Kellolahti, Rasimäki, Kortteinen, Kortteiskylä, Luikonlahti, Maarianvaara, Mäntyjärvi, Niinivaara, Onnivaara, Retunen, Rovevaara, Sivakkavaara, Suovaara, Syrjävaara and Vehkalahti.

Policy

Parish council

The strongest political force in Kaavi is the rural - liberal center party. At the municipal election in 2012, she received more than a third of the vote despite losses. In council, the highest decision-making authority in local affairs, it provides nine out of 21 deputies. The other two major parties of the country, the Social Democrats and the National Coalition Party play a lesser role than in other regions of Finland with four and two seats in the municipal council. Also represented in the municipal council, the right-wing populist True Finns with five and the Left Alliance, the Christian Democrats lost a seat in the current municipal election their previous MPs.

Coat of arms

Description of coat of arms: The coat of arms shows in red a silver right shaft tip.

Kaavi is Sami and means " small port for boats".

Economy

In Luikolahti was from 1968 to 1983 copper promoted, after the closure of the mine in the city was the site of a talc plant of the company Mondo Minerals Oy, a subsidiary of the Swiss Omya Group, which was, however, 2006 also closed. The main industry is still to this day the metalworking industry.

You have found diamonds from Kaavi.

Tourism

Kaavi is 45 km from Kuopio Airport and 85 km from Joensuu Airport.

Tourism is becoming increasingly important; in the summer the river Vaikkojoki attracts canoeists and anglers in the winter, the main attraction is the ski resort Maarianrinteet.

For boaters there are marked shipping lanes from Lake Saimaa to the guest harbors in Luikonlahti and Kaavi.

Attractions

  • Summer theater in Luikonlahti and Maarianvaara
  • Foundry Museum Juutila ( foundry since 1881 )
  • Spring and autumn market
  • Kaavi Blues Festival in June

Twinning

  • Estonia Estonia - Mõniste, since 1991
  • Estonia Estonia - Võru county, since 1990
Northern Savonia List of municipalities of Finland in which Finnish is not the sole official language Municipalities of Finland Savonia (historical province) Christian Democrats (Finland) Vaikkojoki River Juankoski Keitele Kiuruvesi Lapinlahti Maaninka Pielavesi Rautalampi Rautavaara Suonenjoki Tervo Tuusniemi Varkaus Vesanto
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