Põlva Parish

Põlva Parish

Põlva vald
Põlva Parish Põlva vald
Municipality of Estonia
	Flag Coat of arms
	Põlva Parish within Põlva County.
Country	Estonia
County	Põlva County
Administrative centre	Põlva
Area
• Total	706 km2 (273 sq mi)
Population
• Total	14,600
• Density	21/km2 (54/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code	EE-622
Website	www.polva.ee

Põlva Parish (Estonian: Põlva vald) is a rural municipality in Põlva County, southeastern Estonia.

On 1 January 2009, it had a population of 3,882 and an area of 228.63 km².^[1] In October 2013, the town of Põlva (formerly a separate municipality) was merged into Põlva Parish, becoming the centre of it. In 2017, as part of the administrative reform, the neighbouring Ahja, Laheda, Mooste and Vastse-Kuuste parishes were merged with Põlva Parish.

Settlements

Town: Põlva

Small boroughs: Ahja - Mooste - Vastse-Kuuste

Villages: Aarna - Adiste - Akste - Andre - Eoste - Himma - Himmaste - Holvandi - Ibaste - Jaanimõisa - Joosu - Kaaru - Kadaja - Kanassaare - Karilatsi - Kastmekoja - Kauksi - Kiidjärve - Kiisa - Kiuma - Koorvere - Kosova - Kähri - Kärsa - Lahe - Laho - Leevijõe - Logina - Loko - Lootvina - Lutsu - Mammaste - Meemaste - Metste - Miiaste - Mustajõe - Mustakurmu - Mõtsküla - Naruski - Nooritsmetsa - Orajõe - Padari - Partsi - Peri - Pragi - Puskaru - Puuri - Rasina - Roosi - Rosma - Savimäe - Soesaare - Suurküla - Suurmetsa - Säkna - Säässaare - Taevaskoja - Terepi - Tilsi - Tromsi - Tännassilma - Uibujärve - Valgemetsa - Valgesoo - Vana-Koiola - Vanaküla - Vanamõisa - Vardja - Viisli - Vooreküla^[2]

Religion

Religion in Põlva Parish (2021) [1]

Unaffiliated (81.8%)

Lutheran (10.4%)

Orthodox (4.0%)

Others Christians (1.2%)

Others Religions or Unknown (2.6%)

References

^ "Population figure and composition". Statistics Estonia. Retrieved 27 January 2010.
^ "Eesti asustusüksused" [Populated places of Estonia]. Place Names Board of Estonia (in Estonian). Institute of the Estonian Language. 15 February 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2015.

External links

Official website (in Estonian)

58°2′32″N 27°3′57″E / 58.04222°N 27.06583°E / 58.04222; 27.06583

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[1] "Population figure and composition". Statistics Estonia. Retrieved 27 January 2010.

[2] "Eesti asustusüksused" [Populated places of Estonia]. Place Names Board of Estonia (in Estonian). Institute of the Estonian Language. 15 February 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2015.

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