Valjala Parish

Valjala Parish (or Valjala rural municipality) was a rural municipality in western Estonia. It is a part of Saare County. The municipality had a population of 1,397 (as of 1 January 2006) and covered an area of 180.02 km².

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Former municipality
Valjala church
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Valjala Parish within Saare County.
Country	Estonia
County	Saare County
Administrative centre	Valjala
Government
• Mayor	Aare Martinson
Area
• Total	180.02 km2 (69.51 sq mi)
Population  (01.01.2012)
• Total	1,406
• Density	7.810/km2 (20.23/sq mi)
Website	www.valjala.ee

During the administrative-territorial reform in 2017, all 12 municipalities on the island Saaremaa were merged into a single municipality – Saaremaa Parish.^[1]

Location

Valjala Parish was situated between Laimjala Parish (east), Pihtla Parish (west) and Leisi Parish (north).

Villages and boroughs

The parish consisted of one small borough, Valjala, and 32 villages: Ariste, Jursi, Jõelepa, Jööri, Kalju, Kallemäe, Kalli, Kogula, Koksi, Kuiste, Kungla, Kõnnu, Kõriska, Lööne, Männiku, Nurme, Oessaare, Põlluküla, Rahu, Rannaküla, Röösa, Sakla, Siiksaare, Turja, Tõnija, Undimäe, Vanalõve, Veeriku, Vilidu, Võrsna, Väkra, Väljaküla.

Other features

The parish had 2 schools, kindergarten, and several manors.

The oldest sacral building in Estonia is Valjala church. The construction began in 1227.

Parish included ruins of ancient Valjala Stronghold.

See also

• Municipalities of Estonia