Urvaste ( vro, Urvastõ) is a village in
Antsla Parish
Antsla Parish ( et, Antsla vald) is a rural municipality of Estonia, in Võru County.
Settlements
;Town
Antsla
;Small boroughs
Kobela - Vana-Antsla
;Villages
Anne - Antsu - Haabsaare - Jõepera - Kaika - Kassi - Kikkaoja - Kirikuküla - ...
,
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 and ...
, 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 ...
.
[ (retrieved 28 July 2021)]
Before the
2017 Administrative Reform, the village belonged to
Urvaste Parish
Urvaste Parish ( et, Urvaste vald, vro, Urvastõ vald) was a rural municipality of Estonia, in Võru County. It had a population of 1,413 (as of 1 January 2009) and an area of 139.62 km2.
There are two main tourist attractions: Tamme-Lauri ...
.
Tamme-Lauri oak
The Tamme-Lauri oak ( et, Tamme-Lauri tamm, vro, Tammõ-Lauri tamm) is a large common oak. It is the thickest and oldest tree in Estonia and is located in Antsla Parish, Võru County. The height of the tree is , and the circumference is , measur ...
, the thickest and oldest tree in Estonia, is located near Urvaste.
See also
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Kirikuküla, Võru County
Kirikuküla is a village in Antsla Parish, Võru County in Estonia. (retrieved 19 March 2020)
Urvaste church dates from the early 14th century and is the only medieval rural church in Estonia built in the form of a basilica
In Ancient Ro ...
References
Villages in Võru County
Antsla Parish
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