Peipsiääre Parish
Municipality of Estonia (2017)
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Peipsiääre Parish is a rural municipality located in the Tartu County, Estonia.[1] The municipality of Peipsiäere was formed as a result of the administrative reform on 23 October 2017.[2] Peipsiääre Parish area covers 652 square km and records a population of 5,059 people as of January 1, 2023.[3]
Peipsiääre Parish
Peipsiääre vald | |
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 Kasepää Old-Believers church | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Peipsiääre Parish within Tartu County. | |
| Country | Estonia |
| County | Tartu County |
| Administrative centre | Alatskivi |
| Area | |
• Total | 652 km2 (252 sq mi) |
| Population (01.01.2020) | |
• Total | 5,458 |
| • Density | 8.37/km2 (21.7/sq mi) |
| ISO 3166 code | EE-586 |
| Website | www |
The capital of this municipality is Alatskivi.
Settlements
- Town
- Small boroughs
Alatskivi - Kasepää - Kolkja - Varnja
- Villages
Alajõe - Alasoo - Assikvere - Äteniidi - Ätte - Haapsipea - Haavakivi - Kadrina - Kargaja - Kauda - Keressaare - Kesklahe - Kirtsi - Kodavere - Kõdesi - Kokanurga - Kokora - Koosa - Koosalaane - Kuningvere - Kusma - Kuusiku - Lahe - Lahepera - Linaleo - Lümati - Matjama - Meoma - Metsakivi - Metsanurga - Moku - Mustametsa - Naelavere - Nina - Nõva - Orgemäe - Padakõrve - Päiksi - Pala - Papiaru - Passi - Peatskivi - Perametsa - Piibumäe - Piirivarbe - Pilpaküla - Põdra - Põldmaa - Põrgu - Praaga - Punikvere - Pusi - Raatvere - Ranna - Rehemetsa - Riidma - Ronisoo - Rootsiküla - Rupsi - Sääritsa - Saburi - Särgla - Sassukvere - Savastvere - Savimetsa - Savka - Selgise - Sipelga - Sookalduse - Sõõru - Sudemäe - Tagumaa - Tähemaa - Tedreküla - Torila - Toruküla - Tõruvere - Undi - Välgi - Väljaküla - Vanaussaia - Vara - Vea - Virtsu
Religion
Gallery
Main street of Varnja
Old Believers' cemetery in Varnja
Notable people
- Anna Haava (1864 in Kodavere Parish – 1957), poet, writer and translator, founding member of the Estonian Writers' Union in 1922.
- Juhan Liiv (1864 in Alatskivi – 1913), a famous poet and prose writer.
- Peeter Baranin (1882 in Kolkja – 1966), politician, early mayor of Mustvee
- Villem Ernits (1891 in Nõva – 1982), linguist, philologist, temperance activist and politician.
- Hugo Villi Kukke (1898 in Pala Parish – 1942), politician and newspaper editor; Minister of Education and Social Affairs, 1932 to 1933
- Eduard Tubin (1905 in Torila – 1982), composer, conductor and choreographer; used folk music
- Arthur Võõbus (1909 in Matjama – 1988), theologian, orientalist, scholar, author, professor and church historian.
- Harald Tammur (1917 in Varnja - 2001), Lutheran clergyman, pastor at Nõo, Rannu, Elva, Tartu, and Kambja; provost of Tartu.
- Väino Aren (1933 in Pala – 2023), ballet dancer, actor, and operetta singer.
- Ants Pärna (1935 in Alatskivi – 2014), maritime historian and poet, head of the Estonian Maritime Museum, 1961 to 1998
- Maido Pajo (born 1950 in Kallaste Raion), politician and lawyer; deputy Minister of Regional Affairs and Agriculture, 1990 to 1992
