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Kanepi Parish
Municipality of Estonia (2017) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kanepi Parish (Estonian: Kanepi vald) is a rural municipality in Estonia, located in Põlva County. It has a population of 4,662 (as of 1 January 2020) and covers an area of 524.68 km2 (202.58 sq mi).[1] The administrative centre is Kanepi.
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It was established in 2017 through the merger of Valgjärve, Kõlleste, and Kanepi Parish.
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Settlements

Religion in Kanepi Parish (2021) Eesti Statistika
- Unaffiliated (83.2%)
- Lutheran (11.2%)
- Orthodox (2.6%)
- Other Christians (1.3%)
- Other Religions or Unknown (1.7%)
- 0.00%
- Small borough
- Villages
Abissaare - Aiaste - Erastvere - Hauka - Heisri - Hino - Hurmi - Häätaru - Ihamaru - Jõgehara - Jõksi - Kaagna - Kaagvere - Karaski - Karilatsi - Karste - Koigera - Kooli - Kooraste - Krootuse - Krüüdneri - Lauri - Maaritsa - Magari - Mügra - Närapää - Palutaja - Peetrimõisa - Piigandi - Piigaste - Pikajärve - Pikareinu - Prangli - Puugi - Põlgaste - Rebaste - Saverna - Sirvaste - Sulaoja - Sõreste - Tiido - Tuulemäe - Tõdu - Valgjärve - Varbuse - Veski - Vissi - Voorepalu
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Geography
The lakes Aalupi, Erastvere and Hüüdre are located in Kanepi Parish.
2018 flag
After the 2017 merger with Valgjärve and Kõlleste Parishes, the Kanepi Parish was looking for a new flag and coat of arms. As Kanep is the Estonian word for cannabis,[2] there were several proposed versions of a flag and coat of arms with the cannabis leaf in it.
In an online poll among the seven finalist designs, a cannabis leaf design won with an overwhelming majority of 12,000 votes, far larger than the parish population of 5,000.[3][4]
In May 2018, the city council, baffled by the ordeal, chose to vote for themselves if they wanted to officially adopt the proposed flag, with a slim majority of 9-8 voting to adopt the flag.[5] On May 15, 2018, the municipality announced that the cannabis leaf flag will be the official flag of Kanepi, Andrus Seeme (Mayor) said,[6] and on July 13, 2018, the flag was raised outside the Kanepi municipal building.
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