Matsuri (also known as Matsurdi, Matšuri, Belohvostovo and Piiroja) is a village in

Setomaa Parish Setomaa Parish () is a rural municipality of Estonia, in Võru County. It has a population of 2,849 (as of 1 January 2022) and an area of 463.1 km2. Demographics Population in the municipality: * 2000: 4,206 * 2011: 2,990 * 2022: 2,849 ...

Võru County Võru County ( or ''Võrumaa''; ) is a county in southern Estonia. It is bordered by Valga and Põlva counties, Latvia's Alūksne and Ape municipalities, and Russia's Pskov Oblast (making it the only Estonian county to border two countries) ...

, in southeastern

Estonia Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru ...

, on the border with Russia. (retrieved 28 July 2021) The

Tartu Tartu is the second largest city in Estonia after Tallinn. Tartu has a population of 97,759 (as of 2024). It is southeast of Tallinn and 245 kilometres (152 miles) northeast of Riga, Latvia. Tartu lies on the Emajõgi river, which connects the ...

–Pechory, Valga–Pechory railways and

Karisilla Karisilla is a village in Setomaa Parish, Võru County, in southeastern Estonia Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the wes ...

–

Pechory Pechory (; Estonian and Seto: ') is a town and the administrative centre of Pechorsky District in the Pskov Oblast, Russia. Its population in the 2010 Census was 11,195, having fallen from 13,056 recorded in the 2002 Census and& ...

road (nr. 63) all pass Matsuri and cross the border in neighbouring Koidula. In 2011, a new

Koidula railway station Koidula railway station () is a railway station in Koidula, Estonia, on the Russian border. It merges the Tartu–Pechory and Valga–Pechory railways just before the Russian border (Pechory is located straight after the border). The station op ...

was built on the territory of Matsuri to enable traffic between Tartu–Pechory and Valga–Pechory railways while avoiding crossing the Russian border. Matsuri has a population of 42 (as of 1 January 2011). In 2008 a new Matsuri– Sesniki road was opened, making it possible to reach Saatse and its neighbouring villages without passing through the Saatse Boot.

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Villages in Võru County {{Võru-geo-stub