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Municipality of Estonia Municipality of Estonia in Viljandi County
Viljandi Parish Viljandi vald
Municipality of Estonia
Flag of Viljandi ParishFlagCoat of arms of Viljandi ParishCoat of arms
Viljandi Parish within Viljandi County.Viljandi Parish within Viljandi County.
CountryEstonia
CountyViljandi County
Administrative centreViljandi
Government
 • MayorAlar Karu (IRL)
Area
 • Total651 km (251 sq mi)
Population
 • Total13,569
ISO 3166 codeEE-899
Websitewww.viljandivald.ee

Viljandi Parish (Estonian: Viljandi vald) is a rural municipality of Viljandi County, Estonia. It is located around the town of Viljandi, but does not include it.

Viljandi Parish was established by merging four municipalities: Paistu, Pärsti, Saarepeedi and Viiratsi parishes. This took place after the municipal elections held on 20 October 2013.

Between 1939 and 1950, Viljandi Parish existed with different borders.

Populated places

Viljandi Parish has 4 small boroughs (alevik): Kolga-Jaani, Mustla, Ramsi and Viiratsi and approximately 126 villages, including:

Religion

Religion in Viljandi Parish (2021)

  Unaffiliated (87.1%)  Lutheran (8.8%)  Orthodox (1.7%)  Others Christians (0.6%)  Others Religions (0.8%)  Unknown (1.0%)

Gallery

References

  1. "Statistics Estonia". Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  2. Siseministeerium Archived October 29, 2013, at the Wayback Machine Tekib seitse tugevat valda. 2013

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Settlements in Viljandi Parish
Small boroughs Coat of arms of Viljandi Parish
Villages
Coat of arms of Viljandi County Municipalities of Viljandi County
Urban municipalities Coat of arms of Viljandi County
Rural municipalities

58°16′00″N 25°37′00″E / 58.2667°N 25.6167°E / 58.2667; 25.6167


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