Luunja Parish

Luunja Parish Luunja vald
Municipality of Estonia
Pähklisaare Nature Park
Flag Coat of arms
Luunja Parish within Tartu County.
Country	Estonia
County	Tartu County
Administrative centre	Luunja
ISO 3166 code	EE-432
Website	www.luunja.ee

Luunja Parish is a rural municipality in Tartu County, Estonia.

Settlements

Small borough

Luunja

Villages

Kabina - Kakumetsa - Kavastu - Kikaste - Kõivu - Lohkva - Muri - Pajukurmu - Pilka - Poksi - Põvvatu - Rõõmu - Sääsekõrva - Sääsküla - Sava - Savikoja - Sirgu - Sirgumetsa - Veibri - Viira

Religion

Religion in Luunja Parish (2021)

1. Unaffiliated (81.0%)
2. Orthodox & Old Believers (9.30%)
3. Lutheran (6.70%)
4. Others Christians (0.70%)
5. Others Religions or Unknown (1.90%)
6. 0.00%

Notable people

• Karl Eduard Sööt (1862 in Lohkva – 1950), poet,
• Ernst Hiis (1872 in Luunja Parish – 1964), piano maker, founder of the Estonia Piano Factory
• Eduard Sõrmus (1878 in Kõivu – 1940), violinist
• Jaan Jaago (1887 in Luunja Parish –1949), wrestler
• Nikolai Köstner (1889 in Luunja Parish – 1959), politician, economist, diplomat and academic

Gallery

• 
  The Luunja cucumber greenhouses in Lohkva.
• 
  Raft over Emajõgi in Kavastu, 1984.

Twinnings

• Jämsänkoski, Finland

See also

• JK Luunja

External links

• Official website