Raassilla is a village in
Viljandi Parish
Viljandi Parish ( et, Viljandi vald) is a rural municipality of Viljandi County, Estonia. It is located around the town of Viljandi, but does not include it.
Viljandi Parish was established by merging four municipalities: Paistu, Pärsti, Sa ...
,
Viljandi County
Viljandi County ( et, Viljandi maakond or ''Viljandimaa''; german: Kreis Fellin) is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It is located in southern Estonia bordering Pärnu, Järva, Jõgeva, Tartu and Valga counties.
History
Viljandimaa, under the ...
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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, and t ...
. Between 1991–2017 (until the administrative reform of Estonian municipalities) the village was located in
Tarvastu Parish
Tarvastu Parish ( et, Tarvastu vald) was a rural municipality of Estonia, in Viljandi County. It had a population of 4,216 (as of 1 January 2009) and an area of 409.00 km².
Settlements
;Small borough
Mustla
;Villages
Ämmuste – Anikats ...
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Raassilla is home to the Raassilla Speedway, which holds
motorcross events. It is also the birthplace of Estonian botanist
Jaan Port
Jaan Port (9 February 1891 in Raassilla, Holstre Parish (now, Viljandi Parish) – 24 January 1950 in Tartu) was an Estonian botanist.
He graduated from the University of Tartu in 1926. From 1927 to 1929 Port complemented his gardening knowle ...
(1891–1950).
''Eesti biograafiline andmebaas ISIK''.
27 December 2015
References
Villages in Viljandi County
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