Laatre 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 ...
(') in
Valga County in southern
Estonia
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, located about 16 km northeast of the town of
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 ...
. Between 1992 and 2017, until the 2017 administrative reform of Estonian local governments, Laatre was the administrative center of
Tõlliste Parish
Tõlliste Parish ( et, Tõlliste vald) was a rural municipality of Estonia, in Valga County. It occupied an area of with a population of 1,785 (as of 1 January 2010).
Settlements
;Small boroughs
Laatre – Tsirguliina
;Villages
Iigaste – J ...
. It is now part of
Valga Parish. Laatre has a population of 238 (as of 2011) and an area of 2.024 km².
Laatre Manor
Laatre is a small borough (') in Valga County in southern Estonia, located about 16 km northeast of the town of Estonia. Between 1992 and 2017, until the 2017 administrative reform of Estonian local governments, Laatre was the administrativ ...
(''Välek'', later ''Fölck'') was first mentioned in 1555. The name "Laatre" is derived from one of the owners of the manor the
Plater Plater is a surname, and may refer to:
;People
* Felix Plater (1536–1614), Swiss physician
* George Plater (1735–1792), American lawyer and politician
* Thomas Plater (1769–1830), American lawyer and politician
* Emilia Plater (1806–1831), ...
s.
There are two churches in Laatre: the Lutheran St. Lawrence church (''Laatre Püha Laurentsiuse kirik'') and the Orthodox Laatre Church of the Holy Spirit (''Laatre Pühavaimu kirik'').
[
File:Laatre kirik1.jpg, St. Lawrence Church
File:Valgamaa Laatre Pühavaimu 02 EAÕK 1869 2010.05.05MF.jpg, Laatre Church of the Holy Spirit
]
References
Boroughs and small boroughs in Estonia
Valga Parish
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