Urvaste Parish ( et, Urvaste vald, vro, Urvastõ 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 ...
of
Estonia
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, in
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 an ...
. It had a population of 1,413 (as of 1 January 2009) and an area of 139.62 km
2.
There are two main tourist attractions:
Tamme-Lauri oak and ( et, Pokumaa).
Settlements
;Villages
Kassi -
Kirikuküla -
Koigu -
Kõlbi -
Kuldre
Kuldre ( vro, Kuldri) is a village in Võru County, in Antsla Parish, in southeastern Estonia
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Lümatu -
Pihleni -
Ruhingu -
Toku -
Uhtjärve -
Urvaste
Urvaste ( vro, Urvastõ) is a village in Antsla Parish, Võru County, in southeastern Estonia. (retrieved 28 July 2021)
Before the 2017 Administrative Reform, the village belonged to Urvaste Parish.
Tamme-Lauri oak, the thickest and oldest t ...
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Uue-Antsla
Uue-Antsla is a village in Antsla Parish, Võru County in Estonia
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Vaabina
Vaabina is a village in Antsla Parish, Võru County, in southeastern Estonia
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Visela
Gallery
File:Urvaste.JPG, Landscape near Urvaste village.
File:Urvaste kirik.jpg, Urvaste church
File:Pokumaa hooned.JPG, Pokuland, home of fictional characters Pokus, created by Edgar Valter
Edgar Valter (21 September 1929, Tallinn – 4 March 2006, Tartu) was an Estonian graphic artist, caricaturist, writer and illustrator of children's books, with over 250 books to his name, through 55 years of activity (1950–2005). His most fam ...
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File:Tamme-Lauri tamm2.JPG, Tamme-Lauri oak
File:10-1991b.jpg, Tamme-Lauri oak, the thickest and oldest tree in Estonia, behind the Estonian 10 kroon banknote.
References
External links
Official websiteUrvaste blog
Former municipalities of Estonia
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