Kontiolahti (Swedish: Kontiolax; literally meaning "bear bay") is a municipality in Finland.

The coat of arms was designed by Aarno Liuksiala and approved by the Kontiolahti Municipal Council at its meeting on December 8, 1952.

Kontiolahti has 183 lakes, and water bodies cover 22.3 percent (230 km2) of the municipality's surface area.

[10] Joensuu Region's Public Transport (Joensuun seudun joukkoliikenne; JOJO) is responsible for local and school traffic in the Kontiolahti area.

[15][16][17][18] In the 1980s, Kontiolahti's parish dishes were named "shoemaker's roast" (suutarinpaisti) and stockfish soup.