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Vastseliina Parish ( et, Vastseliina vald; vro, Vahtsõliina 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 ...
of
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
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 ...
. It had a population of 2,165 (2008) and an area of 222.8 km².


Settlements

;Small borough
Vastseliina Vastseliina ( vro, Vahtsõliina) is a small borough (') in Võru Parish, Võru County in southeastern Estonia. Vastseliina is the birthplace of wrestler and 1924 Olympic Gold Medalist Eduard Pütsep Eduard Pütsep (21 October 1898 – 22 Aug ...
;Villages Haava - Halla - Heinasoo -
Hinniala Hinniala is a village in Estonia, in Võru Parish, which belongs to 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 t ...
- Hinsa - Holsta - Illi -
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- Jeedasküla - Juraski - Kaagu - Käpa - Kapera - Kerepäälse - Kirikumäe -
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- Kõrve - Külaoru - Kündja - Lindora - Loosi - Luhte - Mäe-Kõoküla - Möldri - Mutsu - Ortuma - Paloveere - Pari - Perametsa - Plessi - Puutli - Raadi - Saarde - Savioja - Sutte - Tabina - Tallikeste - Tellaste - Tsolli - Vaarkali -
Vana-Saaluse Vana-Saaluse is a village in Võru Parish, Võru County in southeastern Estonia. Between 1991–2017 (until the administrative reform of Estonian municipalities) the village was located in Vastseliina Parish. Interior architect, designer and ped ...
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Vana-Vastseliina Vana-Vastseliina is a village in Võru Parish, Võru County in southeastern Estonia. Vana-Vastseliina is the location of the ruins of medieval Vastseliina Castle, built by the Livonian Order The Livonian Order was an autonomous branch of th ...
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Notable residents

Wrestler and Olympic gold medalist
Eduard Pütsep Eduard Pütsep (21 October 1898 – 22 August 1960) was an Estonian wrestler. He competed in Greco-Roman wrestling in the 1920, 1924 and 1928 Olympics and won a gold medal in the bantamweight division in 1924, becoming the first Olympic champion ...
(1898–1960) was born in Vastseliina Parish.


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* Former municipalities of Estonia {{Võru-geo-stub