Otepää Parish
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Otepää Parish
Otepää vald | |
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| Otepää Cultural Building Otepää Cultural Building | |
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Coat of arms of Otepää Parish Coat of arms | |
| Otepää Parish within Valga County. 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
[edit ]The parish has one town, two small boroughs and 52 villages.
- Town
- Small boroughs
- 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
[edit ]Elva, Nõo, Kambja, Kanepi, Antsla, Valga ja Tõrva vald.
Religion in Otepää Parish (2021) [2]
See also
[edit ]Interesting facts
[edit ]- 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
[edit ]- ^ "X-GIS(3) Portal". xgis.maaamet.ee. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
External links
[edit ]58°03′N 26°29′E / 58.050°N 26.483°E / 58.050; 26.483
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