Saatse ( seto, Satserina) is a village in

Setomaa Parish Setomaa Parish ( et, Setomaa vald) is a rural municipality of Estonia, in Võru County. It has a population of 3,369 (as of 1 January 2018) and an area of 463.1 km². Settlements There is one small borough (''alevik'') Värska and 156 vi ...

Võru County Võru County ( et, Võru maakond or ''Võrumaa''; vro, Võro maakund) is a county in southern Estonia. It is bordered by Valga County and Põlva County and is the only Estonian county bordering two countries - Latvia ( Alūksne Municipality a ...

in southeastern

Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and t ...

. It has a population of 89 (as of 2007). Saatse and its neighbouring villages (

Kundruse Kundruse is a village in Setomaa Parish, Võru County in southeastern Estonia. (retrieved 28 July 2021) Kundruse and its neighbouring villages ( Litvina, Pattina, Perdaku, Saabolda, Saatse, Samarina, Sesniki and Ulitina) are notable as ...

Litvina Litvina is a village in Setomaa Parish, Võru County in southeastern Estonia. (retrieved 28 July 2021) Litvina and its neighbouring villages (Kundruse, Pattina, Perdaku, Saabolda, Saatse, Samarina, Sesniki and Ulitina) are notable as part ...

Pattina Pattina is a village in Setomaa Parish, Võru County in southeastern Estonia. (retrieved 28 July 2021) Pattina and its neighbouring villages (Kundruse, Litvina, Perdaku, Saabolda, Saatse, Samarina, Sesniki and Ulitina) are notable as p ...

Perdaku Perdaku ( seto, Perdagu) is a village in Setomaa Parish, Võru County in southeastern Estonia. (retrieved 28 July 2021) Perdaku and its neighbouring villages (Kundruse, Litvina, Pattina, Saabolda, Saatse, Samarina, Sesniki and Ulitina) are not ...

Saabolda Saabolda is a village in Setomaa Parish, Võru County in southeastern Estonia. (retrieved 28 July 2021) Saabolda and its neighbouring villages (Kundruse, Litvina, Pattina, Perdaku, Saatse, Samarina, Sesniki and Ulitina) are notable as part ...

Samarina Samarina ( el, Σαμαρίνα, rup, Samarina, Xamarina, San Marina) is a village and a former municipality in Grevena regional unit, West Macedonia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Grevena, of whic ...

Sesniki Sesniki is a village in Setomaa Parish, Võru County in southeastern Estonia. (retrieved 28 July 2021) Sesniki and its neighbouring villages (Kundruse, Litvina, Pattina, Perdaku, Saabolda, Saatse, Samarina and Ulitina) are notable as part ...

and

Ulitina Ulitina is a village in Setomaa Parish, Võru County in southeastern Estonia. (retrieved 28 July 2021) Ulitina and its neighbouring villages (Kundruse, Litvina, Pattina, Perdaku, Saabolda, Saatse, Samarina and Sesniki) are notable as par ...

) are notable as part of Estonia that although not an enclave, before 2008 wasn't reachable by road without passing through Russian territory for several hundred metres, through an area known as the

Saatse Boot Saatse ( seto, Satserina) is a village in Setomaa Parish, Võru County in southeastern Estonia. It has a population of 89 (as of 2007). Saatse and its neighbouring villages (Kundruse, Litvina, Pattina, Perdaku, Saabolda, Samarina, Sesniki and Ul ...

. In 2008 a new

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road was opened, making it possible to reach the area without necessarily passing through the Saatse Boot. However, this is a 15–20 km detour if going from

Värska Värska ( seto, Verska) is a small borough () in Setomaa Parish, Võru County in southeastern Estonia. At the 2011 Census, the settlement's population was 443. History Värska was first historically mentioned in 1585. Värska is the birthplac ...

. Saatse was earlier known as Korki or Gorki. The present name Saatse has been derived from a Russian village name Zatšerenje that was later turned into Satseri and then Saatse. It an area inhabited by Seto people,

Setos Setos ( seto, setokõsõq, , et, setukesed, ) are an indigenous Finnic peoples and linguistic minority that have historically lived in the borderlands between modern day Estonia and Russia. Setos have historically spoken the Seto language and ...

, who follow Orthodox traditions, and there is a Seto museum. The museum is a subsidiary of the Seto Talumuuseum (Seto Farm Museum) at

, was founded in 1974, and has 20,000 exhibits including collections of agricultural implements and machinery, fishing equipment, and pottery. The oldest buildings in the village are the Holy Paraskeva Orthodox Church. The current stone building replaced a wooden structure from 1673 and was constructed in 1801. It had a wooden belfry added in 1839, and was extended in length in 1884.

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Villages in Võru County {{Võru-geo-stub