Tiri | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Estonia |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Estonia |
Coordinates: | 57.8317°N 27.2356°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | ![]() |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Võru County |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Võru Parish |
Area Total Km2: | 4.8 |
Population Total: | 12 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Tiri is a village in Võru Parish, Võru County in southeastern Estonia. It has a population of 12 and an area of 4.8 km².[1]
Tiri was a farm on the estate of Bentenhof (Pindi) and was successively called Thiry Martt (1627), Tiro Mertt (1630), Tyri Mert (1638), and Tiry Peter or Tiry Hint (1684). By 1688, Tiri had become a village under the name Tirrikylla, and by 1765, it was referred to as Dorf Tirri.[2] Between 1977 and 1997, the village was part of the neighboring village Otsa.