Matsuri (also known as Matsurdi, Matšuri, Belohvostovo and Piiroja) 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 ...
,
Võru County
Võru County ( et, Võru maakond or ''Võrumaa''; vro, Võro maakund) is a county in southern Estonia. It is bordered by Valga County and Põlva County and is the only Estonian county bordering two countries - Latvia ( Alūksne Municipality an ...
, 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 ...
, on the border with Russia.
[ (retrieved 28 July 2021)] The
Tartu–Pechory,
Valga–Pechory railways and
Karisilla–
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 ...
road (nr. 63) all pass Matsuri and cross the border in neighbouring
Koidula. In 2011, a new
Koidula railway station
Koidula railway station ( et, Koidula raudteejaam) is a railway station in Koidula, Estonia, on the Russian border. It merges the Tartu–Pechory and Valga–Pechory railways just before the Russian border (Pechory is located straight after the ...
was built on the territory of Matsuri to enable traffic between Tartu–Pechory and Valga–Pechory railways while avoiding crossing the Russian border.
Matsuri has a population of 42 (as of 1 January 2011).
In 2008 a new Matsuri–
Sesniki
Sesniki is a village in Setomaa Parish, Võru County in southeastern Estonia. (retrieved 28 July 2021)
Sesniki and its neighbouring villages ( Kundruse, Litvina, Pattina, Perdaku, Saabolda, Saatse, Samarina and Ulitina) are notable as pa ...
road was opened, making it possible to reach
Saatse
Saatse ( seto, Satserina) is a village in Setomaa Parish, Võru County in southeastern Estonia. It has a population of 89 (as of 2007).
Saatse and its neighbouring villages ( Kundruse, Litvina, Pattina, Perdaku, Saabolda, Samarina, Sesniki ...
and its neighbouring villages without necessarily passing through the
Saatse Boot
Saatse ( seto, Satserina) is a village in Setomaa Parish, Võru County in southeastern Estonia. It has a population of 89 (as of 2007).
Saatse and its neighbouring villages ( Kundruse, Litvina, Pattina, Perdaku, Saabolda, Samarina, Sesniki ...
.
References
Villages in Võru County
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