Kontiolahti
Kontiolahti is a municipality of Finland.
It is located in the North Karelia region, about north of Joensuu. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is. Neighbouring municipalities are Joensuu, Juuka, Lieksa, Liperi and Polvijärvi.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Kontiolahti hosted the Biathlon World Championships in 1990, 1999 and 2015.