Kobela is a
small borough
The following is a list of boroughs ( et, alevid) and small boroughs ( et, alevikud) in Estonia.
Boroughs
* Aegviidu
*Järva-Jaani
*Järvakandi
*Kiili
*Kohila
*Kohtla-Nõmme
* Lavassaare
*Märjamaa
* Paikuse
*Pärnu-Jaagupi
* Tootsi
*Vändra
S ...
( et, alevik) in
Võru County, 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 ...
, located about northwest of the town of
Antsla, near the
Lake Vahtsõkivi. As of
2011 Census, the settlement's population was 313.
Kobela small borough was established in 1977 from Boose and Määrastu villages and parts of
Lusti and
Madise villages. The settlement that previously bore the name Kobela was renamed to
Vana-Antsla
Vana-Antsla is a small borough ( et, alevik) in Võru County, in southeastern Estonia, located about north of the town of Antsla. As of 2011 Census, the settlement's population was 181.
The settlement is situated around the Vana-Antsla knight ...
.
Kobela is first mentioned in 1405 as ''Kowol''. Later that area was divided into several villages and some cattle manors were established (
Anne, Boose, Näsimetsa).
[
The nowadays settlement developed when the "Linda" kolkhoz' centre was built in the 1970s. The most notable building is the Linda civic centre, formerly used as the administrative and club building of the kolkhoz; architect ]Toomas Rein
Toomas is an Estonian masculine given name, a cognate of Thomas.
People named Toomas include:
* Toomas Alatalu (born 1942), historian, educator, political commentator and politician
* Toomas Altnurme (born 1973), painter
* Toomas Annus (born 196 ...
(1973).[
]
References
Boroughs and small boroughs in Estonia
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