Setomaa Parish () is a rural municipality of Estonia, in Võru County. Setomaa Parish was formed in 2017 during the administrative reform by merging Mikitamäe, Meremäe and Värska parishes and some parts of Misso parish. Demographics The area has experienced a significant decline in population in recent decades, although in the past the region has been one of the most densely populated areas in Estonia.
Population in the municipality: 2000: 4,206 2011: 2,990 2022: 2,849
Settlements There is one small borough (alevik) Värska and 156 villages (küla) in Setomaa Parish.
The villages are: Ala-Tsumba, Antkruva, Audjassaare, Beresje, Ermakova, Helbi, Hilana, Hilläkeste, Hindsa, Holdi, Härmä, Ignasõ, Igrise, Jaanimäe, Juusa, Jõksi, Järvepää, Kahkva, Kalatsova, Kangavitsa, Karamsina, Karisilla, Kasakova, Kastamara, Keerba, Kiiova, Kiislova, Kiksova, Kitsõ, Klistina, Koidula, Kolodavitsa, Kolossova, Koorla, Korela, Korski, Kossa, Kostkova, Kremessova, Kriiva, Kuigõ, Kuksina, Kundruse, Kusnetsova, Kõõru, Käre, Küllätüvä, Laossina, Leimani, Lepä, Lindsi, Litvina, Lobotka, Lutepää, Lutja, Lütä, Lüübnitsa, Maaslova, Marinova, Martsina, Masluva, Matsuri, Melso, Merekülä, Meremäe, Miikse, Mikitamäe, Miku, Mokra, Määsi, Määsovitsa, Napi, Navikõ, Nedsaja, Niitsiku, Obinitsa, Olehkova, Ostrova, Paklova, Palandõ, Palo, Paloveere, Pattina, Pelsi, Perdaku, Pliia, Podmotsa, Poksa, Polovina, Popovitsa, Pruntova, Puista, Puugnitsa, Põrstõ, Raotu, Rokina, Ruutsi, Rõsna, Rääptsova, Rääsolaane, Saabolda, Saagri, Saatse, Samarina, Selise, Seretsüvä, Serga, Sesniki, Sirgova, Sulbi, Säpina, Talka, Tedre, Tepia, Tessova, Teterüvä, Tiastõ, Tiilige, Tiirhanna, Tiklasõ, Tobrova, Tonja, Toodsi, Toomasmäe, Treiali, Treski, Triginä, Tserebi, Tsergondõ, Tsirgu, Tsumba, Tuplova, Tuulova, Tääglova, Ulaskova, Ulitina, Usinitsa, Uusvada, Vaaksaarõ, Vaartsi, Varesmäe, Vasla, Vedernika, Velna, Veretinä, Verhulitsa, Vinski, Viro, Voropi, Võmmorski, Võpolsova, Võõpsu, Väike-Rõsna, Väiko-Härmä, Väiko-Serga, Õrsava.
Geography The shape of Setomaa parish is narrow and elongated. The parish consists of the main territory and the Luhamaa exclave located a few kilometers away.
The nature of Setomaa parish is characterized by a hillier landscape in the south and a lowland located by Lake Peipus in the north. The forests are mostly dry and luminous pine forests. The Piusa River flows through the rural municipality.
There is no weather station with long-term observation data in the municipality, however, the Environmental Agency has compiled the climate data for the municipality based on estimates.
There is a hydrometric weather station of the Environmental Agency in Korela.
Religion
Gallery
Notable people Anne Vabarna (1877 in Võpolsova – 1964), a Seto singer. Olli Ungvere (1906 in Lüütja – 1991), stage and film actress and singer for sixty years Silvi Liiva (1941 in Värska – 2023), printmaker and a freelance artist. Ülo Tulik (1957 in Meremäe – 2022), agronomist and politician and Mayor of Võru. Georg Pelisaar (born 1958 in Selise), journalist and politician, Mayor of Põlva and also of Põlva Parish Rein Järvelill (born 1966 in Uusvada), politician, formerly the municipal governor of Meremäe Parish Jaan Roose (born 1992 in Matsuri), a slackliner
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