Viljandi Parish

Viljandi Parish
Viljandi vald
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

Religion in Viljandi Parish (2021)[3]
  1. Unaffiliated (87.1%)
  2. Lutheran (8.80%)
  3. Orthodox (1.70%)
  4. Other Christians (0.60%)
  5. Other religions (0.80%)
  6. Unknown (1.00%)

References

  1. ^ "Statistics Estonia". Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  2. ^ Siseministeerium Archived October 29, 2013, at the Wayback Machine Tekib seitse tugevat valda. 2013
  3. ^ [1]

58°16′00″N 25°37′00″E / 58.2667°N 25.6167°E / 58.2667; 25.6167