Viljandi Parish

Viljandi Parish
Viljandi vald
Municipality of Estonia
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Viljandi Parish within Viljandi County
CountryEstonia
CountyViljandi County
Administrative centreViljandi
Government
 • MayorAlar Karu (IRL)
Area
 • Total
651 km2 (251 sq mi)
Population
 (2019)
 • Total
13,569[1]
 • Density20.8/km2 (54.0/sq mi)
ISO 3166 codeEE-899
Websitewww.viljandivald.ee

Viljandi Parish (Estonian: 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, Saarepeedi and Viiratsi parishes. This took place after the municipal elections held on 20 October 2013.[2]

Between 1939 and 1950, Viljandi Parish existed with different borders.

Populated places

Viljandi Parish has four small boroughs (alevik): Kolga-Jaani, Mustla, Ramsi and Viiratsi and approximately 126 villages, including:

Religion

The residents of the municipality are predominantly unaffiliated in terms of religion. The largest group of people who define themselves as religious are Lutherans, followed by Orthodox Christians. There are also other religious communities in the parish.

References

  1. ^ "Statistics Estonia". Archived from the original on 28 October 2019. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  2. ^ Siseministeerium Archived October 29, 2013, at the Wayback Machine Tekib seitse tugevat valda. 2013
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