Peipsiääre Parish is a rural municipality located in the Tartu County, Estonia. The municipality of Peipsiäere was formed as a result of the administrative reform on 23 October 2017. Peipsiääre Parish area covers 652 square km and records a population of 5,059 people as of January 1, 2023.
The capital of this municipality is Alatskivi.
Contents
Settlements
Town
Kallaste
Small boroughs
Alatskivi - Kasepää - Kolkja - Varnja
Villages
Alajõe - Alasoo - Assikvere - Äteniidi - Ätte - Haapsipea - Haavakivi - Kadrina - Kargaja - Kauda - Keressaare - Kesklahe - Kirtsi - Kodavere - Kõdesi - Kokanurga - Kokora - Koosa - Koosalaane - Kuningvere - Kusma - Kuusiku - Lahe - Lahepera - Linaleo - Lümati - Matjama - Meoma - Metsakivi - Metsanurga - Moku - Mustametsa - Naelavere - Nina - Nõva - Orgemäe - Padakõrve - Päiksi - Pala - Papiaru - Passi - Peatskivi - Perametsa - Piibumäe - Piirivarbe - Pilpaküla - Põdra - Põldmaa - Põrgu - Praaga - Punikvere - Pusi - Raatvere - Ranna - Rehemetsa - Riidma - Ronisoo - Rootsiküla - Rupsi - Sääritsa - Saburi - Särgla - Sassukvere - Savastvere - Savimetsa - Savka - Selgise - Sipelga - Sookalduse - Sõõru - Sudemäe - Tagumaa - Tähemaa - Tedreküla - Torila - Toruküla - Tõruvere - Undi - Välgi - Väljaküla - Vanaussaia - Vara - Vea - Virtsu
Notable people
Anna Haava (1864 in Kodavere Parish – 1957), poet, writer and translator, founding member of the Estonian Writers' Union in 1922.
Juhan Liiv (1864 in Alatskivi – 1913), a famous poet and prose writer.
Peeter Baranin (1882 in Kolkja – 1966), politician, early mayor of Mustvee
Villem Ernits (1891 in Nõva – 1982), linguist, philologist, temperance activist and politician.
Hugo Villi Kukke (1898 in Pala Parish – 1942), politician and newspaper editor; Minister of Education and Social Affairs, 1932 to 1933
Eduard Tubin (1905 in Torila – 1982), composer, conductor and choreographer; used folk music
Arthur Võõbus (1909 in Matjama – 1988), theologian, orientalist, scholar, author, professor and church historian.
Harald Tammur (1917 in Varnja - 2001), Lutheran clergyman, pastor at Nõo, Rannu, Elva, Tartu, and Kambja; provost of Tartu.
Väino Aren (1933 in Pala – 2023), ballet dancer, actor, and operetta singer.
Ants Pärna (1935 in Alatskivi – 2014), maritime historian and poet, head of the Estonian Maritime Museum, 1961 to 1998
Maido Pajo (born 1950 in Kallaste Raion), politician and lawyer; deputy Minister of Regional Affairs and Agriculture, 1990 to 1992