Antsla
Town in Estonia
Town in Võru County, Estonia
57°49′45″N 26°31′44″E / 57.82917°N 26.52889°E / 57.82917; 26.52889 (2018)[1]
Antsla is a town in Võru County, southern Estonia, it is the administrative centre of Antsla Parish.
Antsla borough was renamed town of third rank by Konstantin Päts from 1 May 1938. The settlement is known since 1405. The town has a furniture manufactory.
Antsla is situated on the Valga–Pechory railway, but since 2001 the train traffic on the line is inactive.
Notable people
- Aimar Altosaar (born 1959), sociologist and politician
- Teo Krüüner (born 1943), military major general
- Maarja Nummert (born 1944), architect
- Vilja Toomast (born 1962), politician
- Vahur Kersna (born 1962), journalist
- Urmas Välbe (born 1966), cross-country skier
- Andrus Värnik (born 1977), javelin thrower
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References
- ^ Population by sex, age and place of residence after the 2017 administrative reform, 1 January. Statistics Estonia.
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- Elva
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- Jõhvi
- Kallaste
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- Karksi-Nuia
- Kehra
- Keila
- Kilingi-Nõmme
- Kiviõli
- Kohtla-Järve
- Kunda
- Kuressaare
- Lihula
- Loksa
- Maardu
- Mõisaküla
- Mustvee
- Narva
- Narva-Jõesuu
- Otepää
- Paide
- Paldiski
- Pärnu
- Põltsamaa
- Põlva
- Püssi
- Rakvere
- Räpina
- Rapla
- Saue
- Sillamäe
- Sindi
- Suure-Jaani
- Tallinn
- Tamsalu
- Tapa
- Tartu
- Tõrva
- Türi
- Valga
- Viljandi
- Võhma
- Võru
Jaanilinn (Ivangorod) and Petseri (Pechory) were annexed by the Soviet Union in 1945 and are currently part of Russia.
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