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Setomaa Parish
Setomaa vald | |
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 Sanatorium in Värska | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Setomaa Parish within Võru County. | |
| Country |  Estonia |
| County |  Võru County |
| Area | |
• Total | 463.18 km2 (178.83 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 3,003 |
| • Density | 6.483/km2 (16.79/sq mi) |
| ISO 3166 code | EE-732 |
Setomaa Parish (Estonian: Setomaa vald) is a rural municipality of Estonia, in Võru County. Setomaa Parish was formed in 2017 during the administrative reform by merging Mikitamäe, Meremäe and Värska parishes and some parts of Misso parish. [1]
Demographics
[edit]The area has experienced a significant decline in population in recent decades, although in the past the region has been one of the most densely populated areas in Estonia.[2]
Population in the municipality:
- 2000: 4,206
- 2011: 2,990
- 2022: 2,849[3]
Settlements
[edit]There is one small borough (alevik) Värska and 156 villages (küla) in Setomaa Parish.
The villages are: Ala-Tsumba, Antkruva, Audjassaare, Beresje, Ermakova, Helbi, Hilana, Hilläkeste, Hindsa, Holdi, Härmä, Ignasõ, Igrise, Jaanimäe, Juusa, Jõksi, Järvepää, Kahkva, Kalatsova, Kangavitsa, Karamsina, Karisilla, Kasakova, Kastamara, Keerba, Kiiova, Kiislova, Kiksova, Kitsõ, Klistina, Koidula, Kolodavitsa, Kolossova, Koorla, Korela, Korski, Kossa, Kostkova, Kremessova, Kriiva, Kuigõ, Kuksina, Kundruse, Kusnetsova, Kõõru, Käre, Küllätüvä, Laossina, Leimani, Lepä, Lindsi, Litvina, Lobotka, Lutepää, Lutja, Lütä, Lüübnitsa, Maaslova, Marinova, Martsina, Masluva, Matsuri, Melso, Merekülä, Meremäe, Miikse, Mikitamäe, Miku, Mokra, Määsi, Määsovitsa, Napi, Navikõ, Nedsaja, Niitsiku, Obinitsa, Olehkova, Ostrova, Paklova, Palandõ, Palo, Paloveere, Pattina, Pelsi, Perdaku, Pliia, Podmotsa, Poksa, Polovina, Popovitsa, Pruntova, Puista, Puugnitsa, Põrstõ, Raotu, Rokina, Ruutsi, Rõsna, Rääptsova, Rääsolaane, Saabolda, Saagri, Saatse, Samarina, Selise, Seretsüvä, Serga, Sesniki, Sirgova, Sulbi, Säpina, Talka, Tedre, Tepia, Tessova, Teterüvä, Tiastõ, Tiilige, Tiirhanna, Tiklasõ, Tobrova, Tonja, Toodsi, Toomasmäe, Treiali, Treski, Triginä, Tserebi, Tsergondõ, Tsirgu, Tsumba, Tuplova, Tuulova, Tääglova, Ulaskova, Ulitina, Usinitsa, Uusvada, Vaaksaarõ, Vaartsi, Varesmäe, Vasla, Vedernika, Velna, Veretinä, Verhulitsa, Vinski, Viro, Voropi, Võmmorski, Võpolsova, Võõpsu, Väike-Rõsna, Väiko-Härmä, Väiko-Serga, Õrsava.
Geography
[edit]The shape of Setomaa parish is narrow and elongated. The parish consists of the main territory and the Luhamaa exclave located a few kilometers away.
The nature of Setomaa parish is characterized by a hillier landscape in the south and a lowland located by Lake Peipus in the north. The forests are mostly dry and luminous pine forests. The Piusa River flows through the rural municipality.[4]
There is no weather station with long-term observation data in the municipality, however, the Environmental Agency has compiled the climate data for the municipality based on estimates.
| Climate data for Setomaa parish 1991–2020 | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean maximum °C (°F) | 5.0 (41.0) |
5.0 (41.0) |
11.5 (52.7) |
21.5 (70.7) |
26.3 (79.3) |
28.2 (82.8) |
29.9 (85.8) |
28.8 (83.8) |
23.5 (74.3) |
16.4 (61.5) |
10.2 (50.4) |
6.1 (43.0) |
17.7 (63.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −4.2 (24.4) |
−4.5 (23.9) |
−0.5 (31.1) |
6.0 (42.8) |
11.7 (53.1) |
15.7 (60.3) |
18.2 (64.8) |
16.7 (62.1) |
11.8 (53.2) |
6.1 (43.0) |
1.3 (34.3) |
−2.0 (28.4) |
6.4 (43.5) |
| Mean minimum °C (°F) | −21.0 (−5.8) |
−20.5 (−4.9) |
−14.5 (5.9) |
−5.8 (21.6) |
−1.7 (28.9) |
3.2 (37.8) |
7.3 (45.1) |
5.3 (41.5) |
0.2 (32.4) |
−5.2 (22.6) |
−10.1 (13.8) |
−14.9 (5.2) |
−6.5 (20.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 47.1 (1.85) |
37.6 (1.48) |
35.3 (1.39) |
35.5 (1.40) |
52.7 (2.07) |
83.3 (3.28) |
71.3 (2.81) |
79.2 (3.12) |
55.5 (2.19) |
65.8 (2.59) |
52.7 (2.07) |
47.5 (1.87) |
663.5 (26.12) |
| Source 1: Keskkonnaagentuur.ee[5] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Keskkonnaagentuur.ee[6] | |||||||||||||
There is a hydrometric weather station of the Environmental Agency in Korela[7].
Religion
[edit]Gallery
[edit]
Mineral water production plant in the parish
Church in Saatse
Small chapel in Treski
The Russian border seen from a distance in Vinski
References
[edit]- ↑ "Setomaa vald. Tutvustus ja asukoht".
- ↑ "Ester Vaitmaa. Esimene teadlik pilguheit peeglisse – sellised me oleme. Rahvatihedus. Densité de population. 1922". Delfi.ee. 28 April 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2026.
- ↑ "Population figure and composition". Statistics Estonia. Retrieved 27 January 2010.
- ↑ "Visit Setomaa".
- ↑ "Kliimaatlas".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Kliimaatlas".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Seirevõrk". Retrieved 27 February 2026.
57°58′00″N 27°37′00″E / 57.96667°N 27.61667°E
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