Antsla
Town in Estonia
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Antsla (German: Anzen) is a town in Võru County, southern Estonia, it is the administrative seat of Antsla Parish.
Antsla | |
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Town | |
Town center | |
  Antsla Location in Estonia | |
| Coordinates: 57°49′45″N 26°31′44″E | |
| Country |  Estonia |
| County |  Võru County |
| Municipality |  Antsla Parish |
| Population (2024)[1] | |
• Total | 1,211 |
| • Rank | 39th |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
The borough of Antsla was reclassified as a third-rank town by Konstantin Päts on 1 May 1938. The settlement was first attested in 1405. The town has a furniture factory.
During the Second World War, Soviet forces captured Antsla in August 1944; German losses included hundreds of troops and large quantities of equipment.[2]
Antsla is located on the Valga–Pechory railway, but train traffic on the line has been inactive since 2001.
Notable people
- Aimar Altosaar (born 1959), sociologist and politician
- Teo Krüüner (born 1943), military major general
- Maarja Nummert (born 1944), architect
- Vilja Toomast (born 1962), politician
- Vahur Kersna (born 1962), journalist
- Urmas Välbe (born 1966), cross-country skier
- Andrus Värnik (born 1977), javelin thrower
