Võru Parish

Võru Parish is a rural municipality of , in . It has a population of 4,770 and an area of 202.23 km2.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: rural municipality with 10,700 residents
  • Description: municipality of Estonia (2017)
  • Also known as: “0917”, “Võru Rural Municipality”, and “Voru vald”

Places of Interest

Highlights include St. Catherine’s Church and St. Catherine’s Orthodox Church.

Church
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Church
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Lake
Photo: Võrok, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a lake.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Võru and Väimela.

Photo: Atsirlin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a city in . Despite the picturesque location on the shore of the lake, does not inhibit much of a medieval history. The central landmark is the cosy house-museum of Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald, the collector of the Estonian epic poetry and one of the founders of Estonian literature.

Village
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is a small borough in Võru Parish, in southeastern . is located 5 km from . It was first mentioned in historical materials in 1403. is situated 3½ km northeast of Võru Parish.

Village
is a small borough in Võru Parish, in southeastern . is situated 4½ km north of Võru Parish.

Võru Parish

Latitude
57.8662° or 57° 51′ 58″ north
Longitude
26.9742° or 26° 58′ 27″ east
Population
10,700
Elevation
72 metres (236 feet)
Open location code
9G98VX8F+FM
Geo­Names ID
7522483
Wiki­data ID
Q44827469
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Võro—“Võru Parish” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “沃魯”
  • Chinese: “沃鲁”
  • Dutch: “Võru vald”
  • Estonian: “Võru vald”
  • Finnish: “Võrun kunta”
  • French: “Commune de Võru vald”
  • French: “Võru vald”
  • Galician: “Concello de Võru”
  • German: “Võru vald”
  • Hungarian: “Võru község”
  • Hungarian: “Võru vald”
  • Japanese: “ヴォル教区”
  • Latvian: “Veru pagasts”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Võru kommune”
  • Norwegian: “Võru kommune”
  • Persian: “دهستان وورو”
  • Russian: “Выру”
  • Spanish: “Municipio de Võru”
  • Swedish: “Võru kommun”
  • Turkish: “Võru (kırsal belediye)”
  • Turkish: “Võru”
  • Ukrainian: “Виру (волость, 2017)”
  • Ukrainian: “Виру вальд”
  • Ukrainian: “Виру”
  • Võro: “Võro vald”
  • “Võro vald”

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