Külitse is a
small borough in
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 - Kull ...
,
Tartu County
Tartu County ( et, Tartu maakond or ''Tartumaa'') is one of 15 counties of Estonia.
It is located in eastern Estonia bordering Põlva County, Valga County, Viljandi County and Jõgeva County.
The area of Tartu County is , which covers 6.9% ...
, 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 Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...
. It is located about 6 km southwest of the city of
Tartu by the Tartu–
Valga–
Riga railway and the
European route E264
European route E 264 is a Class B road part of the International E-road network. It begins in Jõhvi, Estonia and ends in Inčukalns, Latvia. E264 consists of Estonian main road no. 3 and Latvian main road A3. The entire route is part of ...
(also known as
Via Hanseatica). Külitse has a population of 600 (as of 1 September 2010).
Külitse was first mentioned in 1582 as ''Kilicz''.
In the beginning of the 1970s a reservoir known as
Ropka Lake was created in the village.
Külitse is served by
Edelaraudtee
Edelaraudtee (''Southwestern railway'') is an Estonian railway operator founded in 1997. AS Edelaraudtee operates freight services on lines from Tallinn to Rapla, Pärnu & Viljandi owned by Edelaraudtee Infrastruktuuri AS.
Until 2014, the com ...
's Ropka station which is located on the border of Külitse and
Laane villages.
References
Boroughs and small boroughs in Estonia
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