Orissaare is a small borough in

Saaremaa Parish Saaremaa Municipality, also known as Saaremaa Rural Municipality ( et, Saaremaa vald), is a municipality in Saare County in western Estonia. It is the largest municipality in Estonia by land area. The administrative centre of the municipality is i ...

Saare County Saare County ( et, Saare maakond or ''Saaremaa''; la, Oesel; german: Ösel; sv, Ösel) is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It consists of Saaremaa, the largest island of Estonia, and several smaller islands near it, most notably Muhu, Ruhnu, Abru ...

in western

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 island of

Saaremaa Saaremaa is the largest island in Estonia, measuring . The main island of Saare County, it is located in the Baltic Sea, south of Hiiumaa island and west of Muhu island, and belongs to the West Estonian Archipelago. The capital of the island i ...

Orissaare TV Mast Orissaare is a small borough in Saaremaa Parish, Saare County in western Estonia on the island of Saaremaa. Orissaare TV Mast (180 m) is located in Orissaare. An oak growing in the middle of Orissaare stadium won the title of European Tree of ...

(180 m) is located in Orissaare. An

oak An oak is a tree or shrub in the genus ''Quercus'' (; Latin "oak tree") of the beech family, Fagaceae. There are approximately 500 extant species of oaks. The common name "oak" also appears in the names of species in related genera, notably ''L ...

growing in the middle of Orissaare stadium won the title of

European Tree of the Year The European Tree of the Year is an annual contest held to find the most 'loveable tree' in Europe. The contest is held by the Environmental Partnership Association (EPA), an organization supported by the European Land Owners Association and the ...

in 2015.

Notable people from Orissaare

Kalle Laanet Kalle Laanet (born 25 September 1965, in Orissaare, Saare County) is Estonian politician and police officer. He is member of XIV Riigikogu. Since 2014 he belongs to Estonian Reform Party. 2002–04 he was police prefect of Tallinn ( et, Tallinn ...

(born 1965), politician *

Ott Aardam Ott Aardam (born 1 July 1980) is an Estonian stage, television, and film actor. Early life Born and raised in Orissaare on the island of Saaremaa, he graduated from primary school in 1995 from Orissaare Gymnasium. In 1998, he graduated from seco ...

(born 1980), actor *

Kaie Kand Kaie Kand (born 31 March 1984 in Orissaare) is a retired Estonian heptathlete. Her personal best score is 5979 points, achieved in May 2009 in Götzis. In 2009, she set an Estonian national indoor record in the pentathlon (4580 points). Her coach ...

(born 1984), heptathlete *

Villu Kõve Villu Kõve (born 26 August 1971 in Orissaare) is an Estonian judge. Since on 4 February 2019, he is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Estonia. In 2009, he finished his PhD studies at the University of Tartu The University of Tartu ( ...

(born 1971), Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Estonia

Gallery

Orissaare kultuurimaja.JPG, House of culture Orissaare 2010.JPG, Office building in Orissaare Oak tree on a football field.JPG, Orissaare oak, the

of 2015 Söögikoht Orissaares.JPG, Local bar Orissaare 037.jpg, Orissaare Gymnasium secondary school

References

Populated places in Saare County Boroughs and small boroughs in Estonia {{Saare-geo-stub