Antsla is a

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...

Võru County Võru County ( et, Võru maakond or ''Võrumaa''; vro, Võro maakund) is a county in southern Estonia. It is bordered by Valga County and Põlva County and is the only Estonian county bordering two countries - Latvia (Alūksne Municipality and ...

, 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 Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...

, it is the administrative centre of

Antsla Parish Antsla Parish ( et, Antsla vald) is a rural municipality of Estonia, in Võru County. Settlements ;Town Antsla ;Small boroughs Kobela - Vana-Antsla ;Villages Anne - Antsu - Haabsaare - Jõepera - Kaika - Kassi - Kikkaoja - Kirikuküla - ...

. Antsla

borough A borough is an administrative division in various English-speaking countries. In principle, the term ''borough'' designates a self-governing walled town, although in practice, official use of the term varies widely. History In the Middle Ag ...

was renamed town of third rank by

Konstantin Päts Konstantin Päts (; – 18 January 1956) was an Estonian statesman and the country's president in 1938–1940. Päts was one of the most influential politicians of the independent democratic Republic of Estonia, and during the two decades pri ...

from 1 May 1938. The settlement is known since 1405. The town has a furniture manufacturing. Antsla is situated on the Valga–

Pechory Pechory (russian: Печо́ры; Estonian and Seto: ') is a town and the administrative centre of Pechorsky District in the Pskov Oblast, Russia. Its population in the 2010 Census was 11,195, having fallen from 13,056 recorded in ...

railway, but since 2001 the train traffic on the line is inactive.

Notable people

Aimar Altosaar Aimar Altosaar (born 1959) is an Estonian sociologist, journalist and politician. He was a member of IX Riigikogu. He was the Secretary General of the Pro Patria Union party from 1995 until 1999 and again from 2004 until 2006. Altosaar was born ...

(born 1959), sociologist and politician * Teo Krüüner (born 1943), military major general *

Maarja Nummert Maarja Nummert (born 24 April 1944, near Antsla) is an Estonian architect who has designed a number of school buildings. She has received several awards for her work, sometimes using wood for village schools such as the one in Hageri where some o ...

(born 1944), architect * Vilja Toomast (born 1962), politician *

Vahur Kersna Vahur Kersna (also Vahur-Üllar Kersna; born on 4 February 1962) is an Estonian journalist, radio and television personality and caricaturist. In 1985, he graduated from University of Tartu, Tartu State University in journalism. 1986–2007, he ...

(born 1962), journalist * Urmas Välbe (born 1966), cross-country skier *

Andrus Värnik Andrus Värnik (born 27 September 1977) is a retired Estonian track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw. He is a World Champion, having 2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw, won gold in 2005 World Champions ...

(born 1977), javelin thrower

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Cities and towns in Estonia Populated places in Võru County Former municipalities of Estonia {{Võru-geo-stub