Tõrva () is a

town A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...

() in

Tõrva Parish Tõrva Parish () is a rural municipality in Valga County. It includes the town of Tõrva. Settlements ;Town Tõrva ;Boroughs Helme, Hummuli ;Villages Aitsra, Ala, Alamõisa, Holdre, Jeti, Jõgeveste, Kalme, Karjatnurme, Karu, Ka ...

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 ...

, southern

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 Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru ...

. It is located on the banks of the

Õhne The Õhne (also known as the Suislepa and the Hoomuli River; ) is a long river in southern Estonia. Its source is Veisjärv, a lake in Viljandi County, and it empties into Võrtsjärv, Lake Võrts. It also flows some kilometres in Latvia, where i ...

River. Tõrva has an area of and a population of 2,800 (as of 1 January 2009), making it the second largest of the three towns in

. The

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() of Tõrva gained its town rights on 2 July 1926. The town's last mayor, Maido Ruusmann, was elected on 5 November 2013.

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

The former municipality of Tõrva (until 2017) was twinned with:

Gallery

File:Keskväljak.jpg, Town square File:Kauplus-Elamu Tõrvas Valga t. 4.jpg, Businesses in Tõrva File:Torva gymnasium.jpg, Tõrva Gymnasium File:Õhnejõe hoiuala Tõrvalinnavalitsuse juures mai 2014 255.jpg,

river conservation area File:Tõrva church 2008 1.jpg, Tõrva church File:Tõrva Linnaraamatukogu 2016 juuli.jpg, Town library File:Vanamõisa järv lennult.jpg, Lake Vanamõisa File:Vabadussõja mälestussammas.jpg, Restored

Estonian War of Independence The Estonian War of Independence, also known as the War of Freedom in Estonia, was a defensive campaign of the Estonian Army and its allies, most notably the United Kingdom, against the Soviet Russian westward offensive of 1918–1919 and the ...

memorial in Tõrva

References

External links

{{DEFAULTSORT:Torva Cities and towns in Estonia Former municipalities of Estonia Populated places in Valga County Tõrva Parish