Sangaste Parish Sangaste vald |
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Municipality of Estonia | |||
Sangaste manor
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Sangaste Parish within Valga County. |
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Country | Estonia | ||
County | Valga County | ||
Administrative centre | Sangaste | ||
Government | |||
• Mayor | Kaido Tamberg (Social Democrates) | ||
Area | |||
• Total | 144.72 km2 (55.88 sq mi) | ||
Population (01.01.2010) | |||
• Total | 1,464 | ||
• Density | 10/km2 (26/sq mi) | ||
Website | www.sangaste.ee |
Sangaste Parish (Estonian: Sangaste Vald) is 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.
Sangaste feature attractions includes the Sangaste Castle, where Friedrich Wilhelm Rembert von Berg (1793-1874), the Governor-General of Finland (1855-1861), was born. It is now 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 from the Social Democratic Party.
Ädu - Keeni - Kurevere - Lauküla - Lossiküla - Mäeküla - Mägiste - Pringi - Restu - Risttee - Sarapuu - Tiidu - Vaalu
Coordinates: 57°55′31″N 26°18′54″E / 57.92528°N 26.31500°E