Ülenurme Parish ( et, Ülenurme vald) was a rural

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, directly south of Tartu. In 2017 the

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: Vabariigi Valitsus'') decided to merge Ülenurme Parish into

Kambja Parish Kambja Parish is a rural municipality in Tartu County, Estonia. Settlements ;Small boroughs: Kambja - Külitse - Räni - Tõrvandi - Ülenurme ;Villages: Aakaru - Ivaste - Kaatsi - Kammeri - Kavandu - Kodijärve - Kõrkküla - Kullaga - ...

by administrative reform. Ülenurme Parish Council did not wish to voluntarily join, challenging compulsory affiliation to the Supreme Court, but lost their case.Vabariigi Valitsuse 22. juuni 2017. a määruse nr 101 „Kambja valla ja Ülenurme valla osas haldusterritoriaalse korralduse ja Vabariigi Valitsuse 3. aprilli 1995. a määruse nr 159 „Eesti territooriumi haldusüksuste nimistu kinnitamine“ muutmine“ põhiseaduspärasuse kontroll
/ref> There were four small towns in the rural municipality: Külitse,

Räni Räni is a small borough in Kambja Parish, Tartu County in southern Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from ...

, Tõrvandi, and

Ülenurme Ülenurme is a small borough ( et, alevik) in Tartu County, in Kambja Parish, in Estonia. It was the administrative centre of Ülenurme Parish. Ülenurme has a population of 1,574 (as of 1 September 2010). Tartu Airport, which is sometimes calle ...

. They account for 7/10 of the rural municipality's inhabitants. Eesti Põllumajandusmuuseum,

Ülenurme got its name from the Ülenurme manor built at the beginning of the 17th century. Due to the proximity to the city of

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, a large-scale real estate development took place in Ülenurme during the economic boom, resulting in the new housing estates of Männi, Aasa and Mõis. Due to this, the number of residents of the village and the Räni has risen rapidly, and they were therefore named small towns in 2013. The area contains

Tartu Airport Tartu Airport ( et, Tartu lennujaam) is an airport in Reola, Ülenurme Parish, south southwest of Tartu, the second largest city in Estonia. It is also called Ülenurme Airport due to its proximity to the village of Ülenurme. The Tallinn� ...

, where the

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: Eesti Lennuakadeemia'') operates. The Tallinn-Tartu-Võru-Luhamaa road, Jõhvi-Tartu-Valga main road, Tartu-Valga railway line, and Tartu-Koidula railway line pass through the area. The Ilmatsalu River and

Porijõgi Porijõgi is a river in Põlva and Tartu County, Estonia. The river is 50.2 km long and basin size is 298 km2. It runs into Emajõgi. Trout Trout are species of freshwater fish belonging to the genera '' Oncorhynchus'', ''Salm ...

flow through the valley located in Ülenurme Parish. The last Ülenurme Parish governor was Aivar Aleksejev.Siseministeerium: Kohalike omavalitsuste juhid 2014. a. jaanuari seisuga
vaadatud 17. oktoober 2014 It had a population of 4,773 (as of 1 January 2009) and covered an area of 86.35 km². The population density is .

Settlements

;Small boroughs: Külitse -

- Tõrvandi -

;Villages: Laane - Läti -

Lemmatsi Lemmatsi is a village in Kambja Parish, Tartu County, Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the ...

- Lepiku -

Õssu Õssu is a village in Kambja Parish, Tartu County, Estonia. It borders the city of Tartu Tartu is the second largest city in Estonia after the Northern European country's political and financial capital, Tallinn. Tartu has a population of ...

Reola Reola is a village in Kambja Parish, Tartu County, Estonia. It is located about 9 km south of Tartu, the second largest city in Estonia, adjacent to Ülenurme and Tõrvandi. Reola is passed by the Tallinn–Tartu–Võru–Luhamaa road ( E ...

- Soinaste - Soosilla - Täsvere -

Uhti Uhti is a village in Kambja Parish, Tartu County, Estonia. It has a population of 301 (as of 1 September 2010). Uhti has a station on Tartu Tartu is the second largest city in Estonia after the Northern European country's political and fi ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ulenurme Parish Municipalities of Estonia Populated places in Tartu County