Viljandi County
Viljandi County is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It is located in southern Estonia bordering Pärnu, Järva, Jõgeva, Tartu and Valga counties as well as Latvia.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: county with 45,900 residents
- Description: county of Estonia
- Also known as: “Vil’yandiskiy Rayon”, “Viljandi maakond”, “Viljandi Maakond”, “Viljandi Rajoon”, and “Viljandimaa”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Viljandi railway station and Viljandi Castle.
Viljandi railway station
Railway station
Photo: Uacs451, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Viljandi railway station is a railway station serving the town of Viljandi in southern Estonia. The station is the southern terminus of the Tallinn–Viljandi railway line.
Viljandi Castle
Photo: Otoomet, Public domain.
Viljandi Castle is 13th Century castle in a Viljandi, Estonia. It was built by the Livonian Order, and construction started in 1224 in place of a former hillfort, which was one of the strongest castles in Livonia.
Viljandi Landscape Conservation Area
Nature reserve
Viljandi Landscape Conservation Area is a nature park situated in Viljandi County, Estonia. Its area is 366.8 ha. The protected area was designated in 1964 to protect Viljandi Ancient Valley and Viljandi Castle Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Viljandi and Viiratsi.
Viljandi
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Viljandi is a town and municipality in southern Estonia with a population of 17,255 in 2024. It is the capital of Viljandi County and is geographically located between two major Estonian cities, Pärnu and Tartu.
Viiratsi
Village
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Viiratsi is a small borough in Viljandi Parish, Viljandi County, Estonia. As of the 2011 census, the settlement's population was 1,332. The Commander-in-chief of the Estonian Army Johan Laidoner was born in Raja farmstead near Viiratsi, site now located in nearby Vardja village. Viiratsi is situated 5 km northeast of Viljandi County.
Jämejala
Hamlet
Jämejala is a village in Viljandi Parish, Viljandi County, Estonia. It has a population of 199. Jämejala is situated 6 km north of Viljandi County.
Viljandi County
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Viljandi County” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مقاطعة فيلياندي”
- Armenian: “Վիլյանդիմաա”
- Azerbaijani: “Vilyandimaa”
- Azerbaijani: “Vilyandimаа”
- Basque: “Viljandiko konderria”
- Bavarian: “Kroas Viljandi”
- Belarusian: “Вільяндзімаа”
- Belarusian: “Павет Вільяндзі”
- Bengali: “ভিলজান্ডি কাউন্টি”
- Bosnian: “Okrug Viljandimaa”
- Bulgarian: “Вилянди”
- Catalan: “comtat de Viljandi”
- Catalan: “Comtat de Viljandi”
- Catalan: “Viljandimaa”
- Cebuano: “Viljandimaa”
- Chechen: “Вильяндимаа”
- Chinese: “Viljandi Koān”
- Chinese: “維爾揚迪縣”
- Chinese: “维尔扬迪县”
- Cornish: “Konteth Viljandi”
- Croatian: “Okrug Viljandi”
- Croatian: “Okrug Viljandimaa”
- Czech: “Viljandi maakond”
- Czech: “Viljandimaa”
- Danish: “Viljandi maakond”
- Danish: “Viljandimaa”
- Dutch: “Viljandimaa”
- Erzya: “Вильяндимаа ёнкс”
- Esperanto: “Distrikto Viljandi”
- Esperanto: “Vilandimaa”
- Esperanto: “Viljandimaa”
- Estonian: “Viljandi maakond”
- Faroese: “Viljandimaa”
- Finnish: “Viljandimaa”
- French: “Comté de Viljandi”
- French: “Maakond de Viljandi”
- French: “Région de Viljandi”
- French: “Terre de Viljandi”
- French: “Viljandi”
- French: “Viljandimaa”
- Galician: “Condado de Viljandi”
- Galician: “Vilandimaa”
- Galician: “Viljandimaa”
- Georgian: “ვილიანდიმაა”
- German: “EE-84”
- German: “Kreis Viljandi”
- Greek: “Επαρχία Βιλγιάντι”
- Greek: “Επαρχία Βίλγιαντι”
- Greek: “Επαρχία Βίλιαντι”
- Gujarati: “વિલ્જાન્ડી કાઉન્ટી”
- Hebrew: “ויליאנדי”
- Hebrew: “מחוז ויליאנדי”
- Hindi: “वियांदी काउंटी”
- Hungarian: “Viljandi maakond”
- Hungarian: “Viljandimaa”
- Indonesian: “County Viljandi”
- Indonesian: “Viljandimaa”
- Irish: “Viljandimaa”
- Italian: “Viljandimaa”
- Japanese: “ヴィリャンディ県”
- Kannada: “ವಿಲ್ಜಂಡಿ ಕೌಂಟಿ”
- Kazakh: “Вильяндимаа”
- Korean: “빌리안디주”
- Latvian: “Vīlandes apriņķis”
- Latvian: “Viljandi apriņķis”
- Lithuanian: “Viljandima”
- Lithuanian: “Viljandžio apskritis”
- Macedonian: “Вилјанди”
- Malay: “County Viljandi”
- Malay: “Daerah Viljandi”
- Marathi: “विलजानंदी काउंटी”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Viljandi Koān”
- Moksha: “Вильянди мааконд”
- Northern Frisian: “Viljandi (Lunkreis)”
- Northern Frisian: “Viljandi”
- Northern Sami: “Viljandimaa”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Viljandi maakond”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Viljandi”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Viljandimaa”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Viljandi maakond”
- Norwegian: “Viljandi fylke”
- Ossetian: “Вильяндимаа”
- Persian: “شهرستان ویلیاندی”
- Polish: “Prowincja Viljandi”
- Polish: “Viljandimaa”
- Portuguese: “Condado de Viljandi”
- Portuguese: “Viljandimaa”
- Romanian: “Comitatul Viljandi”
- Romanian: “Judeţul Viljandi”
- Romanian: “Județul Viljandi”
- Romanian: “Regiunea Viljandi”
- Russian: “Вильяндимаа”
- Russian: “Вильяндиский уезд”
- Scots: “Viljandi Coonty”
- Serbian: “Viljandi maakond”
- Serbian: “Viljandi”
- Serbian: “Виљанди”
- Serbian: “Виљандима”
- Serbian: “Округ Виљанди”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Viljandi (okrug)”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Viljandi”
- Sinhala: “විල්ජන්ඩි ප්රාන්තය”
- Slovenian: “EE-84”
- Slovenian: “Viljandi”
- Spanish: “Condado de Viljandi”
- Spanish: “Viljandimaa”
- Swedish: “Viljandi län”
- Swedish: “Viljandi maakond”
- Swedish: “Viljandimaa”
- Tamil: “விலஜாண்டி கவுண்டி”
- Telugu: “విల్జండి కౌంటీ”
- Thai: “วิลจันดี”
- Turkish: “Viljandi ili”
- Turkish: “Viljandi”
- Turkish: “Viljandimaa”
- Udmurt: “Вильяндимаа”
- Ukrainian: “Вільяндімаа”
- Urdu: “ویلیاندی کاؤنٹی”
- Vietnamese: “Hạt Viljandi”
- Vietnamese: “Viljandi”
- Võro: “Viländi maakund”
- Võro: “Viljandi maakund”
- Welsh: “Sir Viljandi”
- Wu Chinese: “维尔扬迪县”
- “Viländi maakund”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Lake Viljandi and Viljandi Jaam.
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