Orissaare is a small borough in

Saaremaa Parish Saaremaa Municipality, also known as Saaremaa Rural Municipality ( et, Saaremaa vald), is a municipality in Saare County in western Estonia. It is the largest municipality in Estonia by land area. The administrative centre of the municipality is i ...

Saare County Saare County ( et, Saare maakond or ''Saaremaa''; la, Oesel; german: Ösel; sv, Ösel) is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It consists of Saaremaa, the largest island of Estonia, and several smaller islands near it, most notably Muhu, Ruhnu, A ...

in western

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, an ...

on the island of

Saaremaa Saaremaa is the largest island in Estonia, measuring . The main island of Saare County, it is located in the Baltic Sea, south of Hiiumaa island and west of Muhu island, and belongs to the West Estonian Archipelago. The capital of the isla ...

. Orissaare TV Mast (180 m) is located in Orissaare. An oak growing in the middle of Orissaare stadium won the title of

European Tree of the Year The European Tree of the Year is an annual contest held to find the most 'loveable tree' in Europe. The contest is held by the Environmental Partnership Association (EPA), an organization supported by the European Land Owners Association and the ...

in 2015.

Notable people from Orissaare

* Kalle Laanet (born 1965), politician *

Ott Aardam Ott Aardam (born 1 July 1980) is an Estonian stage, television, and film actor. Early life Born and raised in Orissaare on the island of Saaremaa, he graduated from primary school in 1995 from Orissaare Gymnasium. In 1998, he graduated from seco ...

(born 1980), actor * Kaie Kand (born 1984), heptathlete * Villu Kõve (born 1971), Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Estonia

Gallery

Orissaare kultuurimaja.JPG, House of culture Orissaare 2010.JPG, Office building in Orissaare Oak tree on a football field.JPG, Orissaare oak, the

of 2015 Söögikoht Orissaares.JPG, Local bar Orissaare 037.jpg, Orissaare Gymnasium secondary school

References

Populated places in Saare County Boroughs and small boroughs in Estonia {{Saare-geo-stub