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Tarmo Tamm Tarmo Tamm (born on 3 December 1953 in Kiuma, Põlva County) is an Estonian politician. He has been a member of the XII, XIII and XIV Riigikogu. In 2007 he graduated from Estonian University of Life Sciences in agricultural economist. From 1999 ...

, area_total_km2 = 312.73 , population_total = 2525 , population_as_of = 01.01.2009 , population_density_km2 = auto , website
www.helme.ee
Helme Parish ( et, Helme vald) was a rural

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

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, a ...

, in

Valga County Valga County ( et, Valga maakond 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 larg ...

. It had a population of 2,525 (as of 1 January 2009) and an area of 312.73 km².

Geography

Populated places

There was

small borough The following is a list of boroughs ( et, alevid) and small boroughs ( et, alevikud) in Estonia. Boroughs * Aegviidu *Järva-Jaani *Järvakandi *Kiili *Kohila *Kohtla-Nõmme * Lavassaare *Märjamaa * Paikuse *Pärnu-Jaagupi * Tootsi *Vändra S ...

( et, alevik)

Helme The Helme is river in central Germany that is about long and which forms a left-hand, western tributary of the Unstrut in the states of Thuringia and Saxony-Anhalt. Course The river rises in Thuringia south of the Harz mountains in the dis ...

and 14

villages A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

( et, küla) in Helme Parish. The villages were:

Ala Ala, ALA, Alaa or Alae may refer to: Places * Ala, Hiiu County, Estonia, a village * Ala, Valga County, Estonia, a village * Ala, Alappuzha, Kerala, India, a village * Ala, Iran, a village in Semnan Province * Ala, Gotland, Sweden * Alad, S ...

Holdre Holdre a village in Tõrva Parish, Valga County (previously in Viljandi County) in Estonia. (retrieved 28 July 2021) Holdre manor As a landed estate, the manor of Holdre (german: Hollershof) has a history that goes back to at least 1597. Through ...

Jõgeveste Jõgeveste is a village in Tõrva Parish, Valga County in 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 ...

Kähu Kähu is a village in Tõrva Parish, Valga County in 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 ...

, Kalme,

Karjatnurme Karjatnurme is a village in Tõrva Parish, Valga County in 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, t ...

, Kirikuküla,

Koorküla Koorküla is a village in Tõrva Parish, Valga County in 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 ...

, Linna, Möldre,

Patküla Patküla is a village in Tõrva Parish, Valga County in 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 t ...

Pilpa Pilpa is a village in Tõrva Parish, Valga County in 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 ...

Roobe Roobe is a village in Tõrva Parish, Valga County in 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 ...

and

Taagepera Taagepera is a village in Tõrva Parish, Valga County, in southern Estonia. It has a population of 109 (as of 1 January 2011). The village was first documented in 1420 as Wafencul, later as Waagenkül. The current Estonian name of the place is ...

Gallery

Helme-caves.jpg,

caves Taagepera mõisa peahoone2.jpg,

Taagepera Castle Taagepera Castle (German name: Wagenküll) is a mansion in Taagepera village, Helme Parish, Valga County, Estonia. It was registered as a national cultural monument on 27 September 1999. History The first recorded mention of the mansion dates ...

Holdre mõisa peahoone.jpg, Holdre manor Taagepera kirik.jpg,

Taagepera Church Taagepera Church (Taagepera's Saint John's church, et, Taagepera Kirik) is a church in the village of Ala, Tõrva Parish, Valga County in southern Estonia. The building, which is made of stone and has a wooden tower, was constructed in 1674. I ...

DeTollyMausoleum.jpg,

Barclay de Tolly Barclay de Tolly () is the name of a Baltic German noble family of Scottish origin (Clan Barclay). During the time of the Revolution of 1688 in Britain, the family migrated to Swedish Livonia from Towy (Towie) in Aberdeenshire. Its subsequen ...

mausoleum in

References

External links

Official website
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