Tartu Parish

Tartu Parish Tartu vald
Municipality of Estonia
Saadjärve manor
Flag Coat of arms
Tartu Parish within Tartu County
Coordinates: 58°25′27″N 26°46′55″E
Country	Estonia
County	Tartu County
Administrative centre	Kõrveküla
Government
• Mayor	Aivar Soop
Area
• Total	742 km2 (286 sq mi)
Population  (01.12.2022)
• Total	12,725
• Density	17.1/km2 (44.4/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code	EE-796

Tartu Parish (Estonian: Tartu vald) is a rural municipality in Tartu County, Estonia. It has a population of 12,725 (as of 1 December 2022) and covers an area of 742 km² (286 sq mi). The population density is 17.150/km² (44.42/sq mi). It has one borough (Raadi), six small boroughs (Äksi, Kõrveküla, Lähte, Tabivere, Vahi and Vasula) and 70 villages. Since the 2017 administrative reform, the island of Piirissaar, located in Lake Peipus, is also administered as part of Tartu Parish.

Settlements

Borough

Raadi

Small boroughs

Äksi - Kõrveküla - Lähte - Tabivere - Vahi - Vasula

Villages

Aovere - Arupää - Elistvere - Erala - Haava - Igavere - Jõusa - Juula - Kaiavere - Kaitsemõisa - Kämara - Kärevere - Kärkna - Kärksi - Kassema - Kastli - Kikivere - Kobratu - Kõduküla - Koogi - Kõnnujõe - Kõrenduse - Kükitaja - Kukulinna - Laeva - Lammiku - Lilu - Lombi - Maarja-Magdaleena - Maramaa - Metsanuka - Möllatsi - Nigula - Nõela - Otslava - Õvanurme - Õvi - Pataste - Piiri - Puhtaleiva - Pupastvere - Raigastvere - Reinu - Saadjärve - Saare - Salu - Sepa - Siniküla - Soeküla - Soitsjärve - Sojamaa - Sootaga - Taabri - Tammistu - Tila - Toolamaa - Tooni - Tormi - Uhmardu - Väägvere - Väänikvere - Valgma - Valmaotsa - Vedu - Vesneri - Viidike - Vilussaare - Võibla - Voldi

Religion

In the 2021 census, measuring data from those aged 15 and over in the parish, 8.5 per cent declared themselves Lutheran, 3.2 per cent declared themselves Orthodox (including Old Believers), and 1.6 per cent as other Christian denominations. 84.6 per cent declared themselves religiously unaffiliated. 2.1 per cent of the population followed other religions or had unknown affiliation.

Geography

Lakes

• Saadjärv
• Soitsjärv

Gallery

• 
  Kukulinna Manor
• 
  Tammistu Manor
• 
  Saadjärve Manor and the Lake Saadjärv
• 
  Lake Saadjärv
• 
  The ruins of Kärkna Abbey
• 
  Memorial to "Witch of Äksi", Hermine Elisabeth Jürgens in Puhtaleiva
• 
  The main runway of the abandoned Raadi Airfield
• 
  The Jõhvi–Tartu road (E264) near Aovere

See also

• Kärkna Abbey
• Ice Age Centre
• Raadi Airfield

Kaarel Eenpalu, 1934

Notable people

• Miina Härma (1864 in Kõrveküla – 1941), composer, organist, choir director and music teacher
• Amalie Konsa (1873 in Raadi Parish – 1949), stage actress and singer
• Mait Metsanurk (born 1879 in Metsanuka – 1957), writer who led the neo-realist school of Estonian literature.
• Jaan Koort (1883 in Äksi – 1935), sculptor, painter and ceramicist.
• Kaarel Eenpalu (1888 in Vesneri – 1942), journalist, politician and head of state, 7th Prime Minister of Estonia in 1938.
• Karl Kõiv (1894 in Sootaga – 1974), featherweight weightlifter, came seventh at the 1920 Summer Olympics
• Aavo Mölder (born 1944 in Vasula), agricultural scientist and politician; Ministry of Regional Affairs and Agriculture in 1992

External links

• Media related to Tartu Parish at Wikimedia Commons