Meremäe
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 Estonia
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 Võru
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| Coordinates : | 57 ° 45 ′ N , 27 ° 28 ′ E | ||
| Area : | 132 km² | ||
| Residents : | 1,007 (2017) | ||
| Population density : | 8 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Time zone : | EET (UTC + 2) | ||
| Community type: | former rural community | ||
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Meremäe (German: Merremäggi ) is a former rural community in the Estonian district of Võru with an area of 132 km². It had 1007 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017). Since 2017 it has been part of the newly formed rural community of Setomaa .
Meremäe is 34 km east-south-east of Võru and 104 km from Tartu in the east of the district on the border with Russia . The distance to Pechory ( Estonian Petseri , German Pechur ) is 14 km.
In addition to the main town of Meremäe, the rural community also included the villages of Ala-Tsumba, Antkruva, Ermakova, Helbi, Hilana, Hilläkeste, Holdi, Härmä, Ignasõ, Jaanimäe, Juusa, Jõksi, Kalatsova, Kangavitsa, Karamsina, Kasakova, Kastamloara, Keerba, Kerba , Kiksova, Kitso, Klistina, Korski, Kuigõ, Kuksina, Kusnetsova, Kõõru, Küllätüvä, Lepä, Lindsi, Lutja, Maaslova, Marinova, Mart Sina, Masluva, Melso, Merekülä, Miikse, Miku, Navikõ, Obinitsa , Olehkova, Ostrova, Paklova , Palandõ, Palo, Paloveere, Pelsi, Pliia, Poksa, Polovina, Puista, Raotu, Rokina, Ruutsi, Seretsüvä, Serga, Sirgova, Sulbi, Talka, Tedre, Tepia, Tessova, Teterüvä, Tiirhanna, Tiklasõ, Tobrovaä .iali, Trivin , Tsergondõ, Tsirgu, Tsumba, Tuplova, Tuulova, Tääglova, Ulaskova, Uusvada, Vaaksaarõ, Vasla, Veretinä, Vinski, Viro, Võmmorski, Väiko-Härmä and Väiko-Serga.
Like the Estonian villages of Värska , Mikitamäe , Misso and some municipalities in today's Russia, Meremäe is a traditional settlement area of the Setu people and a member of the Union of Municipalities of Setuland ( Setumaa Valdade Liit ).
The Orthodox Church of Obinitsa (1952) as well as the traditional Setukesian prayer houses along the way in Tobrova, Obinitsa and Uusvada are worth seeing.
Web links
- Meremäe Municipality website (Estonian)