Otepää Parish
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Otepää Parish Otepää vald | |
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Municipality of Estonia | |
Otepää Cultural Building | |
Flag Coat of arms | |
Otepää Parish within Valga County. | |
Country | Estonia |
County | Valga County |
Administrative centre | Otepää |
Government | |
• Mayor | Jaanus Barkala |
Area | |
• Total | 520 km2 (200 sq mi) |
Population (1 January 2019) | |
• Total | 6,456 |
• Density | 12/km2 (32/sq mi) |
ISO 3166 code | EE-557 |
Website | www.otepaa.ee |
Otepää Parish (Estonian: Otepää vald) is a rural municipality in Valga County, southern Estonia.[1] It includes the town of Otepää, which is referred to as the "winter capital" of Estonia.
The parish was formed in 2017 by merging of the former Otepää Parish, Sangaste Parish, 7 villages of Palupera Parish, and 12 villages of Puka Parish.[1]
Settlements
The parish has one city, two small boroughs and 52 villages.
- Town
- Small boroughs
Puka - Sangaste
- Villages
Ädu - Arula- Ilmjärve - Kääriku - Kähri - Kassiratta - Kastolatsi - Kaurutootsi - Keeni - Kibena - Koigu - Kolli - Komsi - Kuigatsi - Kurevere - Lauküla - Lossiküla - Lutike - Mäeküla - Mägestiku - Mägiste - Mäha - Märdi - Makita - Meegaste - Miti - Neeruti - Nõuni - Nüpli - Otepää küla - Pedajamäe - Päidla - Pilkuse - Plika - Põru - Prange - Pringi - Pühajärve - Räbi - Raudsepa - Restu - Risttee - Ruuna - Sarapuu - Sihva - Tiidu - Tõutsi -Truuta - Vaalu - Vaardi - Vana-Otepää - Vidrike
Neighboring parishes
Elva, Nõo, Kambja, Kanepi, Antsla, Valga ja Tõrva vald.
Religion in Otepää Parish (2021) [2]
See also
Interesting facts
- Otepää is first mentioned in writing in the Novgorod Chronicle in 1116.
- The name Otepää (Odenpe, Odempe) means bear's head.
- In 1841, the Pühajärve war took place, where the local peasants started to oppose the landlord.
- In 1941, the Otepää postage stamp was put into circulation in Otepää.[3]
- On October 3, 1991, His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso was in Otepää. He blessed Pühajärve and planted a commemorative oak next to the church.
- Otepää has only one traffic light.[4]
References
- ^ "X-GIS(3) Portal". xgis.maaamet.ee. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
External links
- Official website
58°03′N 26°29′E / 58.050°N 26.483°E / 58.050; 26.483
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- Arula
- Ilmjärve
- Kassiratta
- Kastolatsi
- Kaurutootsi
- Keeni
- Kibena
- Koigu
- Kolli
- Komsi
- Kuigatsi
- Kurevere
- Kähri
- Kääriku
- Lauküla
- Lossiküla
- Lutike
- Makita
- Meegaste
- Miti
- Mäeküla
- Mägestiku
- Mägiste
- Mäha
- Märdi
- Neeruti
- Nõuni
- Nüpli
- Otepää
- Pedajamäe
- Pilkuse
- Plika
- Prange
- Pringi
- Põru
- Päidla
- Pühajärve
- Raudsepa
- Restu
- Risttee
- Ruuna
- Räbi
- Sarapuu
- Sihva
- Tiidu
- Truuta
- Tõutsi
- Vaalu
- Vaardi
- Vana-Otepää
- Vidrike
- Ädu
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