Tõrva () is a

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...

( et, linn) in

Tõrva Parish Tõrva Parish ( et, Tõrva vald) is a rural municipality in Valga County. It includes the town of Tõrva. Settlements ;Town Tõrva ;Boroughs Helme, Hummuli ;Villages Aitsra, Ala, Alamõisa, Holdre, Jeti, Jõgeveste, Kalme, Karjatnur ...

Valga County Valga County ( et, Valga maakond or ''Valgamaa'') is a first-level administrative unit and one of 15 counties of Estonia. It comprises the former area of Valga District. The present-day county was created on 1 January 1990. The capital and lar ...

, 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 is situated on the banks of Õhne River. Tõrva has an area of and a population of 2800 (as of 1 January 2009), making it the second largest of the three towns in

. Tõrva

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() gained its town rights on 2 July 1926. The last mayor Maido Ruusmann was elected on 5 November 2013.

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

The former municipality of Tõrva was twinned with:

Gallery

File:Keskväljak.jpg, Town square File:Kauplus-Elamu Tõrvas Valga t. 4.jpg, Businesses in Tõrva File:Statue of Estonian War of Independence in Tõrva.jpg,

Estonian War of Independence The Estonian War of Independence ( et, Vabadussõda, literally "Freedom War"), also known as the Estonian Liberation War, was a defensive campaign of the Estonian Army and its allies, most notably the United Kingdom, against the Bolshevik westw ...

monument File:Torva gymnasium.jpg, Tõrva Gymnasium File:Õhnejõe hoiuala Tõrvalinnavalitsuse juures mai 2014 255.jpg, Õhne river conservation area File:Tõrva church 2008 1.jpg, Tõrva church File:Tõrva Linnaraamatukogu 2016 juuli.jpg, Town library File:Vanamõisa järv lennult.jpg, Lake Vanamõisa

References

External links

Cities and towns in Estonia Former municipalities of Estonia Populated places in Valga County Tõrva Parish {{Valga-geo-stub