Vorbuse is a village in
Tartu urban municipality,
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% of t ...
in southern
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 ...
. It's located northwest of the city of
Tartu
Tartu is the second largest city in Estonia after the Northern European country's political and financial capital, Tallinn. Tartu has a population of 91,407 (as of 2021). It is southeast of Tallinn and 245 kilometres (152 miles) northeast of ...
, about from the city centre. Vorbuse is bordered by the
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 t ...
River to the northeast and by the
Tallinn
Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of 437,811 (as of 2022) and administratively lies in the Harju ' ...
–
Tartu
Tartu is the second largest city in Estonia after the Northern European country's political and financial capital, Tallinn. Tartu has a population of 91,407 (as of 2021). It is southeast of Tallinn and 245 kilometres (152 miles) northeast of ...
road (part of
E263) to the south. The Tallinn–Tartu railway passes through the village and crosses the Emajõgi over the Jänese railway bridge. As of
2011 Census, the village's population was 258.
Prior to the 2017
administrative reform of local governments, Vorbuse was located in
Tähtvere Parish
Tähtvere Parish was a rural municipality in Tartu County, Estonia. In 2017, it was merged into Tartu City municipality.
Settlements
;Small boroughs:
Ilmatsalu - Märja
;Villages:
Haage - Ilmatsalu - Kandiküla - Kardla - Pihva - Rahing ...
.
Wrestler
August Pikker (1889–1976) was born in Vorbuse.
Gallery
File:Jänese railway bridge.jpg, Jänese railway bridge 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 t ...
between Vorbuse and Maramaa villages.
File:Jänese raudteesild.JPG,
File:Valgussambad Vorbusel.JPG, Light pillar
A light pillar is an atmospheric optical phenomenon in which a vertical beam of light appears to extend above and/or below a light source. The effect is created by the reflection of light from tiny ice crystals that are suspended in the atmosp ...
s in Vorbuse
References
Villages in Tartu County
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