Luunja Parish is a rural municipality in
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% ...
,
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 ...
.
Settlements
;Small borough:
Luunja
;Villages:
Kabina -
Kakumetsa -
Kavastu -
Kikaste -
Kõivu -
Lohkva -
Muri -
Pajukurmu -
Pilka -
Poksi -
Põvvatu -
Rõõmu -
Sääsekõrva -
Sääsküla -
Sava
The Sava (; , ; sr-cyr, Сава, hu, Száva) is a river in Central and Southeast Europe, a right-bank and the longest tributary of the Danube. It flows through Slovenia, Croatia and along its border with Bosnia and Herzegovina, and finally t ...
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Savikoja -
Sirgu -
Sirgumetsa -
Veibri -
Viira
Religion
Notable people
* (1872–1964), piano maker, founder of the
Estonia Piano Factory
Estonia Piano Factory ( et, Estonia Klaverivabrik) was founded in 1950 by in Tallinn, Estonia. The majority of Estonia pianos are now sold in the United States.
History
Ernst Hiis formed his own company, E. A. Ihse, in 1893. In 1915, he sold ...
; was born in Luunja Parish
*
Jaan Jaago (1887–1949), wrestler; was born in Luunja Parish
*
Karl Eduard Sööt (1862–1950), poet; was born in Lohkva
*
Eduard Sõrmus (1878–1940), violinist; was born in Luunja
Gallery
File:Lohkva.JPG, The Luunja cucumber greenhouses in Lohkva.
File:Kavastu parv emajõgi o1.jpg, Raft
A raft is any flat structure for support or transportation over water. It is usually of basic design, characterized by the absence of a hull. Rafts are usually kept afloat by using any combination of buoyant materials such as wood, sealed barrels ...
over Emajõgi
Emajõgi (; meaning ''"Mother River"'') is a river in Estonia which flows from Lake Võrtsjärv through Tartu County into Lake Peipsi, crossing the city of Tartu for 10 km. It has a length of 100 km.
The Emajõgi is sometimes called ...
in Kavastu, 1984.
Twinnings
*
Jämsänkoski
Jämsänkoski is a former town and municipality of Finland in the Central Finland region. It is located near Lake Päijänne and the Jämsänjoki river. The town had a population of 7,351 in 2008. It covered an area of 448.67 km² of which ...
, Finland
See also
*
JK Luunja
References
External links
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