Meeksi Parish (; ) was 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 ...
,
Estonia
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.
In 2017, Meeksi Parish, Räpina Parish and
Veriora Parish were merged and a new municipality
Räpina Parish
Räpina Parish (; ) is a rural municipality of Estonia, in Põlva County. It has a population of 4,611 (as of 2017) and an area of 265.93 km2.
Settlements
;Town:
Räpina
;Small boroughs:
Mehikoorma - Veriora - Võõpsu
;Villages:
Aravu ...
was formed within
Põlva County
Põlva County ( or ''Põlvamaa'') is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It is situated in south-eastern part of the country and borders Tartu, Valga and Võru counties. 23,989 people live in Põlva County – constituting 1.8% of the total popula ...
.
Settlements
;Small borough:
Mehikoorma
;Villages:
Aravu
Aravu is a village in Räpina Parish, Põlva County in eastern Estonia. (retrieved 28 July 2021)
Writer and psychiatrist Vaino Vahing (1940–2008) was born in Aravu.
References
Villages in Põlva County
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Haavametsa -
Järvselja
Järvselja is an inland village in Kastre Parish, Tartu County in eastern Estonia
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Jõepera -
Meeksi -
Meerapalu -
Parapalu
Parapalu is a village in Räpina Parish, Põlva 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 ...
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Rõka
Rõka is a village in Kastre Parish, Tartu County in eastern Estonia
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Sikakurmu
Gallery
File:Laaksaare sadam.JPG, Laaksaare harbour in Parapalu
Parapalu is a village in Räpina Parish, Põlva 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 ...
connects the island of Piirissaar
Piirissaar (earlier ''Borka'', or Желачек, romanized: Zhelachek) is an Estonian island located in Lake Peipus. It belongs to Tartu County as the Tartu Parish.
Piirissaar is the second largest island in Lake Peipus with a size of 7 ...
with mainland.
File:Lämmijärv Laaksaare.JPG, Lake Peipus
Lake Peipus is the largest trans-boundary lake in Europe, lying on the international border between Estonia and Russia.
The lake is the fifth-largest in Europe after Lake Ladoga and Lake Onega (in Russia), Lake Vänern (in Sweden), and Lake ...
(''Lämmijärv'') near Laaksaare.
File:Rõka oak alley.JPG, Oak alley in Rõka
Rõka is a village in Kastre Parish, Tartu County in eastern Estonia
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File:Mehikoorma tuletorn 2007.jpg, Mehikoorma lighthouse.
See also
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Järvselja Nature Reserve
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Mehikoorma Lighthouse
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Mehikoorma Umbjärv
References
External links
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Former municipalities of Estonia
Tartu County
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