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Otepää Parish Otepää vald
Municipality of Estonia
Otepää Cultural Building
FlagCoat of arms
Otepää Parish within Valga County.
Country	Estonia
County	Valga County
Administrative centre	Otepää
Government
• Mayor	Jaanus Barkala
Area
• Total	520 km (200 sq mi)
Population
• Total	6,456
• Density	12/km (32/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code	EE-557
Website	www.otepaa.ee

Otepää Parish (Estonian: Otepää vald) is a rural municipality in Valga County, southern Estonia. It includes the town of Otepää, which is referred to as the "winter capital" of Estonia.

The parish was formed in 2017 by merging of the former Otepää Parish, Sangaste Parish, 7 villages of Palupera Parish, and 12 villages of Puka Parish.

Settlements

The parish has one town, two small boroughs and 52 villages.

Town

Otepää

Small boroughs

Puka - Sangaste

Villages

Ädu - Arula- Ilmjärve - Kääriku - Kähri - Kassiratta - Kastolatsi - Kaurutootsi - Keeni - Kibena - Koigu - Kolli - Komsi - Kuigatsi - Kurevere - Lauküla - Lossiküla - Lutike - Mäeküla - Mägestiku - Mägiste - Mäha - Märdi - Makita - Meegaste - Miti - Neeruti - Nõuni - Nüpli - Otepää küla - Pedajamäe - Päidla - Pilkuse - Plika - Põru - Prange - Pringi - Pühajärve - Räbi - Raudsepa - Restu - Risttee - Ruuna - Sarapuu - Sihva - Tiidu - Tõutsi -Truuta - Vaalu - Vaardi - Vana-Otepää - Vidrike

Neighboring parishes

Elva, Nõo, Kambja, Kanepi, Antsla, Valga ja Tõrva vald.

Religion in Otepää Parish (2021)

See also

• Tehvandi Sports Center

Interesting facts

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• Otepää is first mentioned in writing in the Novgorod Chronicle in 1116.

• The name Otepää (Odenpe, Odempe) means bear's head.

• In 1841, the Pühajärve war took place, where the local peasants started to oppose the landlord.

• In 1941, the Otepää postage stamp was put into circulation in Otepää.

• On October 3, 1991, His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso was in Otepää. He blessed Pühajärve and planted a commemorative oak next to the church.

• Otepää has only one traffic light.

References

1. "X-GIS(3) Portal". xgis.maaamet.ee. Retrieved 2 February 2022.

External links

• Official website

58°03′N 26°29′E / 58.050°N 26.483°E / 58.050; 26.483

v t e Settlements in Otepää Parish
Town	Otepää
Small boroughs	Puka Sangaste
Villages	Arula Ilmjärve Kassiratta Kastolatsi Kaurutootsi Keeni Kibena Koigu Kolli Komsi Kuigatsi Kurevere Kähri Kääriku Lauküla Lossiküla Lutike Makita Meegaste Miti Mäeküla Mägestiku Mägiste Mäha Märdi Neeruti Nõuni Nüpli Otepää Pedajamäe Pilkuse Plika Prange Pringi Põru Päidla Pühajärve Raudsepa Restu Risttee Ruuna Räbi Sarapuu Sihva Tiidu Truuta Tõutsi Vaalu Vaardi Vana-Otepää Vidrike Ädu

v t e Municipalities of Valga County
Rural municipalities	Otepää Tõrva Valga

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