Paistu Parish ( et, Paistu vald) was a rural

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

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 ...

, in Viljandi County. After the local government council elections held on 20 October 2013, Paistu Parish was merged with

Pärsti Pärsti (german: Perst) is a village in Viljandi Parish, Viljandi County, Estonia. It has a population of 164 (as of 4 January 2010). Javelin thrower Risto Mätas Risto Mätas (born 30 April 1984) is a retired Estonian track and field Tr ...

, Saarepeedi and

Viiratsi Viiratsi (before 1920: ''Wieratz'') is a small borough ( et, alevik) in Viljandi Parish, Viljandi County, Estonia. As of 2011 Census, the settlement's population was 1,332. The Commander-in-chief of the Estonian Army Johan Laidoner Johan Laid ...

parishes to form a new

Viljandi Parish Viljandi Parish ( et, Viljandi vald) is a rural municipality of Viljandi County, Estonia. It is located around the town of Viljandi, but does not include it. Viljandi Parish was established by merging four municipalities: Paistu, Pärsti, Saa ...

around the town of

Viljandi Viljandi (, german: Fellin, sv, Fellin) is a town and municipality in southern Estonia with a population of 17,407 in 2019. It is the capital of Viljandi County and is geographically located between two major Estonian cities, Pärnu and Tartu ...

.Siseministeerium
Tekib seitse tugevat valda. 2013 On 1 January 2009, it had a population of 1,622 and an area of 128.59 km².

Settlements

;Villages

Aidu Aidu may refer to: *Aidu, Ida-Viru County, village in Maidla Parish, Ida-Viru County *Aidu, Jõgeva County, village in Pajusi Parish, Jõgeva County *Aidu, Viljandi County, village in Paistu Parish, Viljandi County See also

*Aizu, third of Fuk ...

Hendrikumõisa Hendrikumõisa is a village in Viljandi Parish, Viljandi County in 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 Fi ...

Holstre Holstre is a village in Viljandi Parish, Viljandi County, Estonia. (retrieved 28 July 2021) It has a population of about 220. Holstre is the birthplace of Estonian composer Juhan Aavik (1884-1982). References

Villages in Viljandi County ...

Intsu Intsu is a village in Viljandi Parish, Viljandi County in 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 ...

- Kassi -

Lolu Lolu is a village in Viljandi Parish, Viljandi County in Estonia. The village has about 49 residents as reported from the 2011 Estonia Census The 2011 Population and Housing Census (PHC 2011) ( et, Rahva ja eluruumide loendus (''REL 2011'')). ...

- Loodi - Luiga - Mustapali -

Paistu Paistu is a village in Viljandi Parish, Viljandi County, Estonia. (retrieved 28 July 2021) Until October 2013, it was the administrative centre of Paistu Parish Paistu Parish ( et, Paistu vald) was a rural Municipalities of Estonia, municipal ...

- Pirmastu - Pulleritsu -

Rebase Rebase is a village in Kambja Parish, Tartu County in eastern 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 ...

- Sultsi - Tömbi - Viisuküla

Notable people

Ernst Reinhold von Hofmann Ernst Reinhold von Hofmann ( rus, Эрнст Ка́рлович Го́фман, Ernst Karlovich Hofmann, 8 January 1801 – 23 May 1871) was a Russians, Russian geologist, geographer, explorer, and lecturer. He was a geologist who accompanied Otto ...

, geologist and mineralogist

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Paistu Parish Paistu Parish ( et, Paistu vald) was a rural Municipalities of Estonia, municipality of Estonia, in Viljandi County. After the local government council elections held on 20 October 2013, Paistu Parish was merged with Pärsti Parish, Pärsti, Saa ...

Geography of Viljandi County {{Viljandi-geo-stub