Ülenurme Parish ( et, Ülenurme vald) was a rural

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality ...

Tartu County Tartu County ( et, Tartu maakond or ''Tartumaa'') is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It is located in eastern Estonia bordering Põlva County, Valga County, Viljandi County and Jõgeva County. The area of Tartu County is , which covers 6.9% of ...

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, directly south of Tartu. In 2017 the

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('' Estonian: Vabariigi Valitsus'') decided to merge Ülenurme Parish into

Kambja Parish Kambja Parish is a rural municipality in Tartu County, Estonia. Settlements ;Small boroughs: Kambja - Külitse - Räni - Tõrvandi - Ülenurme ;Villages: Aakaru - Ivaste - Kaatsi - Kammeri - Kavandu - Kodijärve - Kõrkküla - Kullaga ...

by administrative reform. Ülenurme Parish Council did not wish to voluntarily join, challenging compulsory affiliation to the Supreme Court, but lost their case.Vabariigi Valitsuse 22. juuni 2017. a määruse nr 101 „Kambja valla ja Ülenurme valla osas haldusterritoriaalse korralduse ja Vabariigi Valitsuse 3. aprilli 1995. a määruse nr 159 „Eesti territooriumi haldusüksuste nimistu kinnitamine“ muutmine“ põhiseaduspärasuse kontroll
/ref> There were four small towns in the rural municipality:

Külitse Külitse is a small borough in Kambja Parish, Tartu County, in southern Estonia. It is located about 6 km southwest of the city of Tartu by the Tartu– Valga– Riga railway and the European route E264 (also known as Via Hanseatica). Kü ...

Räni Räni is a small borough in Kambja Parish, Tartu County in southern Estonia, it is located on the southwestern side of the city of Tartu Tartu is the second largest city in Estonia after the Northern European country's political and finan ...

Tõrvandi Tõrvandi is a small borough ( et, alevik) in Kambja Parish Kambja Parish is a rural municipality in Tartu County, Estonia. Settlements ;Small boroughs: Kambja - Külitse - Räni - Tõrvandi - Ülenurme ;Villages: Aakaru - Ivaste - Kaats ...

, and

Ülenurme Ülenurme is a small borough ( et, alevik) in Tartu County, in Kambja Parish, in Estonia. It was the administrative centre of Ülenurme Parish. Ülenurme has a population of 1,574 (as of 1 September 2010). Tartu Airport, which is sometimes call ...

. They account for 7/10 of the rural municipality's inhabitants. Eesti Põllumajandusmuuseum,

Ülenurme got its name from the Ülenurme manor built at the beginning of the 17th century. Due to the proximity to the city of

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, a large-scale real estate development took place in Ülenurme during the economic boom, resulting in the new housing estates of Männi, Aasa and Mõis. Due to this, the number of residents of the village and the Räni has risen rapidly, and they were therefore named small towns in 2013. The area contains

Tartu Airport Tartu Airport ( et, Tartu lennujaam) is an airport in Reola, Ülenurme Parish, south southwest of Tartu, the second largest city in Estonia. It is also called Ülenurme Airport due to its proximity to the village of Ülenurme. The Tallinn ...

, where the

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('' Estonian: Eesti Lennuakadeemia'') operates. The Tallinn-Tartu-Võru-Luhamaa road, Jõhvi-Tartu-Valga main road, Tartu-Valga railway line, and Tartu-Koidula railway line pass through the area. The

Ilmatsalu River Ilmatsalu is a small borough (') in the Tartu urban municipality, Tartu County, Estonia. As of 2011 Census, the settlement's population was 392. References Boroughs and small boroughs in Estonia {{tartu-geo-stub ...

and Porijõgi flow through the valley located in Ülenurme Parish. The last Ülenurme Parish governor was Aivar Aleksejev.Siseministeerium: Kohalike omavalitsuste juhid 2014. a. jaanuari seisuga
vaadatud 17. oktoober 2014 It had a population of 4,773 (as of 1 January 2009) and covered an area of 86.35 km². The population density is .

Settlements

;Small boroughs:

;Villages: Laane - Läti -

Lemmatsi Lemmatsi is a village in Kambja Parish, Tartu County, 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 ...

- Lepiku - Õssu -

Reola Reola is a village in Kambja Parish, Tartu County, Estonia. It is located about 9 km south of Tartu, the second largest city in Estonia, adjacent to Ülenurme and Tõrvandi. Reola is passed by the Tallinn–Tartu–Võru– Luhamaa road ( ...

- Soinaste - Soosilla - Täsvere - Uhti

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ulenurme Parish Municipalities of Estonia Populated places in Tartu County