Viljandi Parish
Viljandi Parish
Viljandi vald | |
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 Viljandi Parish within Viljandi County | |
| Country | Estonia |
| County | Viljandi County |
| Administrative centre | Viljandi |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Alar Karu (IRL) |
| Area | |
• Total | 651 km2 (251 sq mi) |
| Population (2019) | |
• Total | 13,569[1] |
| • Density | 20.8/km2 (54.0/sq mi) |
| ISO 3166 code | EE-899 |
| Website | www |
Viljandi Parish (Estonian: Viljandi vald) is a rural municipality of Viljandi County, Estonia. It is located around the town of Viljandi, but does not include it.
Viljandi Parish was established by merging four municipalities: Paistu, Pärsti, Saarepeedi and Viiratsi parishes. This took place after the municipal elections held on 20 October 2013.[2]
Between 1939 and 1950, Viljandi Parish existed with different borders.
Populated places
[edit]Viljandi Parish has four small boroughs (alevik): Kolga-Jaani, Mustla, Ramsi and Viiratsi and approximately 126 villages, including:
- Aidu
- Aindu
- Alustre
- Ämmuste
- Anikatsi
- Auksi
- Eesnurga
- Heimtali
- Hendrikumõisa
- Holstre
- Intsu
- Jakobimõisa
- Jämejala
- Järtsaare
- Järveküla
- Jõeküla
- Kaavere
- Kalbuse
- Kannuküla
- Kärstna
- Karula
- Kassi
- Kibeküla
- Kiini
- Kiisa
- Kingu
- Kivilõppe
- Koidu
- Kokaviidika
- Kookla
- Kuressaare
- Kuudeküla
- Laanekuru
- Lalsi
- Lätkalu
- Leemeti
- Leie
- Loime
- Lolu
- Loodi
- Luiga
- Mäeltküla
- Mähma
- Maltsa
- Marjamäe
- Marna
- Matapera
- Meleski
- Metsla
- Mõnnaste
- Moori
- Muksi
- Mustapali
- Mustivere
- Odiste
- Oiu
- Oorgu
- Otiküla
- Pahuvere
- Paistu
- Päri
- Parika
- Pärsti
- Peetrimõisa
- Pikru
- Pinska
- Pirmastu
- Põrga
- Porsa
- Puiatu
- Pulleritsu
- Raassilla
- Raudna
- Rebase
- Rebaste
- Ridaküla
- Rihkama
- Riuma
- Roosilla
- Ruudiküla
- Saareküla
- Saarepeedi
- Savikoti
- Sinialliku
- Soe
- Sooviku
- Suislepa
- Sultsi
- Surva
- Taari
- Tagamõisa
- Taganurga
- Tänassilma
- Tarvastu
- Tinnikuru
- Tobraselja
- Tohvri
- Tömbi
- Tõnissaare
- Tõrreküla
- Turva
- Tusti
- Tõnuküla
- Ülensi
- Unametsa
- Uusna
- Väike-Kõpu
- Välgita
- Valma
- Väluste
- Vanamõisa
- Vanausse
- Vana-Võidu
- Vanavälja
- Vardi
- Vardja
- Vasara
- Veisjärve
- Verilaske
- Viisuküla Vilimeeste
- Villa
- Vissuvere
- Võistre
- Vooru
Religion
[edit]The residents of the municipality are predominantly unaffiliated in terms of religion. The largest group of people who define themselves as religious are Lutherans, followed by Orthodox Christians. There are also other religious communities in the parish.
Gallery
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Heimtali Manor's distillery kitchen
Heimtali Manor's windmill
Väikemõisa Manor in Peetrimõisa
Main building, Pärsti Manor
Main building of Vana-Võidu Manor, now Viljandi Joint Vocational Secondary School
Tänassilma Orthodox church
Memorial at military commander Johan Laidoner's birthplace in Vardja
Sinialliku lake
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Notable people
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- Raimund von zur-Mühlen (1854 in Uusna – 1931), tenor Lieder singer, emigrated to England in 1907
- Jaan Tõnisson (1868 in Viiratsi – 1941), statesman, Prime Minister of Estonia twice 1919 and 1920
- Jüri Jaakson (1870 Karula – 1942), lawyer, statesman, president of the Bank of Estonia 1926-1940
- Mari Raamot (1872 in Kiltsi – 1966), socialist, and founder of the women's national defense movement.
- Jaan Lõo (1872 in Holstre – 1939), Supreme Court judge, poet and politician
- Mats Nõges (1879 in Kärksi – 1973), physician, editor and politician; 1915–1922 editor-in-chief of the newspaper Sakala, 1917-1918, Mayor of Viljandi
- Ado Birk (1883 in Mõnnaste – 1942), politician, the Estonian Prime Minister for two days in 1920
- Jaan Anvelt (1884 in Oorgu – 1937), a Bolshevik leader of the Communist Party of Estonia
- Johan Laidoner (1884 in Vardja – 1953), Commander of the Estonian Defence Forces
- Juhan Simm (1885 in Kivilõppe – 1959), composer, conductor, and choir director.
- Peet Aren (1889 in Odiste – 1970), painter, theatre artist and graphic artist, lived in USA after WWII
- Johannes Vares (1890 in Kiisa – 1946), poet, doctor and Prime Minister of Estonia 2 months in 1940.
- August Annist (1899 in Leie – 1972), literary and folklore scholar, writer and translator.
- Ott Kangilaski (1911 in Verilaske – 1975), printmaker, cartoonist, and journalist
- Arne Mikk (born 1934 in Pahuvere), stage director, theatre manager and teacher with the Estonian National Opera
- Märt Kubo (born 1944 in Tarvastu), theatre pedagogue, critic and politician; Minister of Culture in 1992
Sport
[edit]- Martin Klein (1884 in Tarvastu – 1947), middleweight wrestler, silver medallist at the 1912 Summer Olympics
- Karl-Romet Nõmm (born 1998 in Pärsti Parish), football goalkeeper who has played about 300 games
- Mari Liis Lillemäe (born 2000 in Viljandi Parish) footballer who has played 68 games for Estonia women
References
[edit]- ↑ "Statistics Estonia". Archived from the original on 28 October 2019. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
- ↑ Siseministeerium Archived October 29, 2013, at the Wayback Machine Tekib seitse tugevat valda. 2013
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Viljandi Parish.
- Official website (in Estonian)
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