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Luunja Parish is a rural municipality in
Tartu County Tartu County ( 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 the territory of E ...
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Settlements

;Small borough: Luunja ;Villages: Kabina - Kakumetsa - Kavastu - Kikaste - Kõivu - Lohkva - Muri - Pajukurmu - Pilka - Poksi -
Põvvatu Põvvatu is a village in Luunja Parish, Tartu County in eastern Estonia Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Ba ...
- Rõõmu - Sääsekõrva - Sääsküla -
Sava The Sava, is a river in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, a right-bank and the longest tributary of the Danube. From its source in Slovenia it flows through Croatia and along its border with Bosnia and Herzegovina, and finally reac ...
- Savikoja - Sirgu -
Sirgumetsa Sirgumetsa is a village in Luunja Parish, Tartu County in eastern Estonia Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the ...
- Veibri - Viira


Religion


Notable people

* (1872–1964), piano maker, founder of the
Estonia Piano Factory Estonia Piano Factory () is a handcrafted grand piano manufacturing company based in Tallinn. History Piano-making in Estonia goes back over 200 years under German influence, and from 1850 to 1940 there were nearly 20 piano manufacturers opera ...
; was born in Luunja Parish * Jaan Jaago (1887–1949), wrestler; was born in Luunja Parish *
Karl Eduard Sööt Karl Eduard Sööt (26 December 1862, in Lohkva, Tartu County – 1 September 1950, in Tartu) was an Estonian poet. Between 1886 and 1893 he worked for the newspaper ''Olevik''. In 1895 he founded his own publishing house, printing shop and boo ...
(1862–1950), poet; was born in Lohkva *
Eduard Sõrmus Eduard Sõrmus (9 July 1878 – 16 August 1940) was an early 20th-century Estonian violinist. He was sometimes known as the Red Violinist (der rote Geiger). Biography Childhood Eduard Sõrmus was born in the village of Kõivu, Luunja Parish, Ta ...
(1878–1940), violinist; was born in Luunja


Gallery

File:Lohkva.JPG, The Luunja
cucumber The cucumber (''Cucumis sativus'') is a widely-cultivated creeping vine plant in the family Cucurbitaceae that bears cylindrical to spherical fruits, which are used as culinary vegetables.Lohkva. File:Kavastu parv emajõgi o1.jpg,
Raft A raft is any flat structure for support or transportation over water. It is usually of basic design, characterized by the absence of a hull. Rafts are usually kept afloat by using any combination of buoyant materials such as wood, sealed barre ...
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Emajõgi The Emajõgi (; meaning 'mother river') is a river in Estonia which flows from Võrtsjärv, Lake Võrtsjärv through Tartu County into Lake Peipus, crossing the city of Tartu for . It has a length of . The Emajõgi is sometimes called the Suur E ...
in Kavastu, 1984.


Twinnings

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Jämsänkoski Jämsänkoski is a former List of cities and towns in Finland, town and List of former municipalities of Finland, municipality of Finland in the Central Finland region. It is located near Lake Päijänne and the Jämsänjoki river. The town had a ...
, Finland


See also

* JK Luunja


References


External links

* {{Tartu-geo-stub