Sangaste Parish | |
Native Name: | Sangaste vald |
Settlement Type: | Former municipality of Estonia |
Flag Size: | 85px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Estonia |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Valga County |
Seat Type: | Administrative centre |
Seat: | Sangaste |
Leader Party: | Social Democrates |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Kaido Tamberg |
Area Total Km2: | 144.72 |
Population Total: | 1464 |
Population As Of: | 01.01.2010 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Website: | www.sangaste.ee |
Sangaste Parish (Estonian: Sangaste Vald) was a rural municipality of the Estonian county of Valga with a population of 1,464 (as of 1 January 2010) and an area of 144.72 km².[1]
Sangaste features attractions includes the Sangaste Castle, where Friedrich Wilhelm Rembert von Berg (1793-1874), the Governor-General of Finland (1855-1861), was born. It has a hotel and a restaurant. Sangaste is also the birthplace of the Estonian writer August Gailit (1891-1960) and Estonian opera singer Aarne Viisimaa (1898-1989).
The village was first mentioned in 1272 as Toyvel.
The mayor of Sangaste Parish is Kaido Tamberg[2] from the Social Democratic Party.