Sangaste Parish

Sangaste Parish
Sangaste Parish ; Sangaste vald
	Former municipality of Estonia
	Sangaste manor
	Flag Coat of arms
	Sangaste Parish within Valga County.
Country	Estonia
County	Valga County
Administrative centre	Sangaste
Government
• Mayor	Kaido Tamberg[1] (Social Democrates)
Area [2]
• Total	144.72 km2 (55.88 sq mi)
Population (01.01.2010[2])
• Total	1,464
• Density	10/km2 (26/sq mi)
Website	www.sangaste.ee

Sangaste Parish (Estonian: Sangaste Vald) was a rural municipality of the Estonian county of Valga with a population of 1,464 (as of 1 January 2010) and an area of 144.72 km².[2]

Sangaste features attractions includes the Sangaste Castle, where Friedrich Wilhelm Rembert von Berg (1793-1874), the Governor-General of Finland (1855-1861), was born. It has a hotel and a restaurant. Sangaste is also the birthplace of the Estonian writer August Gailit (1891-1960) and Estonian opera singer Aarne Viisimaa (1898-1989).

The village was first mentioned in 1272 as Toyvel.

The mayor of Sangaste Parish is Kaido Tamberg[1] from the Social Democratic Party.

Settlements

Small borough

Sangaste

Villages

Ädu - Keeni - Kurevere - Lauküla - Lossiküla - Mäeküla - Mägiste - Pringi - Restu - Risttee - Sarapuu - Tiidu - Vaalu

References

"Vallavanem" (in Estonian). Sangaste vald. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
"Population figure and composition". Statistics Estonia. 2010-04-19. Retrieved 28 May 2010.

External links

Official Website (in Estonian)
Sangaste Castle

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[mayor-1] "Vallavanem" (in Estonian). Sangaste vald. Retrieved 28 May 2010.

[statistics-2] "Population figure and composition". Statistics Estonia. 2010-04-19. Retrieved 28 May 2010.