Arula is a village in
Otepää Parish
Otepää Parish ( et, Otepää vald) is a rural municipality in Valga County, southern Estonia. It includes the town of Otepää.
Settlements
;Town
Otepää
;Small boroughs
Puka - Sangaste
;Villages
Ädu - Arula- Ilmjärve - Kääriku - ...
,
Valga County
Valga County ( et, Valga maakond or ''Valgamaa'') is a first-level administrative unit and one of 15 counties of Estonia. It comprises the former area of Valga District. The present-day county was created on 1 January 1990. The capital and larg ...
in southeastern
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 ...
.
[ (retrieved 28 July 2021)] It has a population of 65 (as of 7 February 2008).
Arula is the birthplace of poet and author
Mats Traat
Mats Traat (23 November 1936 – 27 June 2022) was an Estonian poet, poetry translator, and author.
Career
Traat was born in Arula, Otepää Parish. He debuted in 1962 with a collection of poetry. He published over 20 anthologies of poetry. ...
(born 1936).
Gallery
Lutsu veski paisjärv.jpg, Lutsu mill lake
Arula_Emaläte.jpg, Arula Emaläte spring
File:Kuutsemägi, 2009.jpg, Kuutsemägi, the highest point in Valga County (217 meters)
References
Villages in Valga County
Kreis Dorpat
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