Arula is a village in

Otepää Parish Otepää Parish () is a rural municipality (Estonia), rural municipality in Valga County, southern Estonia. It includes the town of Otepää, which is referred to as the "winter capital" of Estonia. The parish was formed in 2017 by merging of t ...

Valga County Valga County ( or ''Valgamaa'') is a first-level administrative unit and one of 15 counties of Estonia. It comprises the former area of Valga District. The present-day county was created on 1 January 1990. The capital and largest town of Valga Co ...

in southeastern

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. (retrieved 28 July 2021) It has a population of 65 (as of 7 February 2008).

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Arula include: *

Alide Ertel Alide Ertel (also Aliide Ertel; pseudonyms E. Tammistu and Heiti Lehtme, – December 20, 1955) was an Estonian prose writer, playwright, and poet. Life Alide Ertel was born in Kiviküla in the Governorate of Livonia in the Russian Empire. Sh ...

(1877–1955), prose writer, playwright, and poet, died in Arula * Yri Naelapea (1896–1969), writer, journalist, and publisher, born in Arula *

Mats Traat Mats Traat (23 November 1936 – 27 June 2022) was an Estonian poet, poetry translator, and author. Career Traat was born in Arula, Otepää Parish. He debuted in 1962 with a collection of poetry. He published over 20 anthologies of poetry. ...

(1936–2022), poet and author, born in Arula

Gallery

Lutsu veski paisjärv.jpg, Lutsu mill lake Arula_Emaläte.jpg, Arula Emaläte spring File:Kuutsemägi, 2009.jpg, Kuutsemägi, the highest point in Valga County (217 meters)

References

Villages in Valga County Kreis Dorpat {{Valga-geo-stub