Koidula is a village in

Setomaa Parish Setomaa Parish ( et, Setomaa vald) is a rural municipality of Estonia, in Võru County. It has a population of 3,369 (as of 1 January 2018) and an area of 463.1 km². Settlements There is one small borough (''alevik'') Värska and 156 vil ...

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, in southeastern

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, on the

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with

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. (retrieved 27 July 2021) It's located few kilometers northwest of Russian town

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 ...

. Koidula is the border crossing point of Karisilla–Pechory road (nr. 63),

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–Pechory and Valga–Pechory railways. Currently only Tartu–Pechory line is open to freight traffic, Valga–Pechory is inactive. In 2011, a new

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was built in the neighbouring

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village. This enabled traffic between Tartu–Pechory and Valga–Pechory lines without crossing the Russian border. It is also theoretically possible to be used for traffic between

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and

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. Prior to the administrative reform of 2017, Koidula was part of

Värska Parish Värska Parish ( et, Värska vald) was a rural municipality of Estonia, in Põlva County. It had a population of 1,344 (as of 1 January 2009) and an area of . Settlements ;Small borough: Värska ;Villages: Koidula • Kolodavitsa • Kolosso ...

Põlva County Põlva County ( et, Põlva maakond or ''Põlvamaa'') is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It is situated in south-eastern part of the country and borders Tartu, Valga and Võru counties. 28,507 people live in Põlva County – constituting 2.3% o ...

. Koidula has only 1 inhabitant (as of 1 January 2011).

References

Villages in Võru County Estonia–Russia border crossings {{Võru-geo-stub