Valga Parish
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Valga Parish (Estonian: Valga vald) is a rural municipality in Valga County. It includes the town of Valga.
Valga was first mentioned in 1266 (Walk) in the credit register of the city of Riga. In 1584, it was granted town rights by Stefan Bathory and has been the center of regional administrative units at various times. The modern parish was formed in 2017 by merging the Valga town and neighboring rural municipalities. The landscape of the municipality is shaped by the Sakala, Otepää and Karula uplands, which are separated from each other by the Valga and Hargla valleys.
Demographics
The municipality has one town, three small boroughs and numerous villages.
Town
Small boroughs
Villages
- Hargla
- Iigaste
- Jaanikese
- Kaagjärve
- Kalliküla
- Karula
- Killinge
- Kirbu
- Kiviküla
- Koikküla
- Koiva
- Koobassaare
- Korijärve
- Korkuna
- Käärikmäe
- Laanemetsa
- Lepa
- Londi
- Lota
- Lusti
- Lutsu
- Lüllemäe
- Muhkva
- Mustumetsa
- Paju
- Pikkjärve
- Priipalu
- Pugritsa
- Raavitsa
- Rampe
- Rebasemõisa
- Ringiste
- Sooblase
- Sooru
- Supa
- Tagula
- Taheva
- Tinu
- Tsirgumäe
- Tõlliste
- Tõrvase
- Uniküla
- Valtina
- Vilaski
- Väheru
- Väljaküla
- Õlatu
- Õruste
Religion
The largest groups of people living in the municipality who identify themselves as religious are Orthodox and Lutheran Christians, although most of the adult residents of the parish are unaffiliated. There are also other religious communities in the municipality.