Antsla

Antsla
—  Town of Estonia  —
Antsla Location in Estonia
Coordinates: 57°49′45″N 26°31′44″E / 57.82917°N 26.52889°E / 57.82917; 26.52889
Country	Estonia
County	Võru County
Municipality	Antsla Parish
Population (01.01.2009)
• Total	1,650
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Website	www.antsla.ee

Antsla is a town in Võru County, southern Estonia, it's the administrative centre of Antsla Parish. Town has a population of 1,650 (as of 1 January 2009).^[1]

Antsla borough was renamed town of third rank by Konstantin Päts from 1 May 1938. The settlement is known since 1405. The town has a furniture manufacturing.

Antsla is situated on the Valga–Pechory railway, but since 2001 the train traffic on the line is inactive.

Notable people

• Vilja Savisaar-Toomast (born 1962), politician
• Urmas Välbe (born 1966), cross-country skier
• Andrus Värnik (born 1977), javelin thrower

Gallery

Panoramatic view of Antsla

References

Coordinates: 57°49′32″N 26°32′26″E / 57.82556°N 26.54056°E / 57.82556; 26.54056

v t e Cities and towns (Linnad) of Estonia Abja-Paluoja Antsla Elva Haapsalu Jõgeva Jõhvi Kallaste Kärdla Karksi-Nuia Kehra Keila Kilingi-Nõmme Kiviõli Kohtla-Järve Kunda Kuressaare Lihula Loksa Maardu Mõisaküla Mustvee Narva Narva-Jõesuu Otepää Paide Paldiski Pärnu Põltsamaa Põlva Püssi Rakvere Räpina Rapla Saue Sillamäe Sindi Suure-Jaani Tallinn Tamsalu Tapa Tartu Tõrva Türi Valga Viljandi Võhma Võru Jaanilinn (Ivangorod) and Petseri (Pechory) were annexed by the Soviet Union in 1945 and are currently part of Russia.

v t e Settlements in Antsla Parish Town Antsla Small boroughs Kobela Vana-Antsla Villages Anne Antsu Haabsaare Jõepera Kaika Kikkaoja Kollino Kraavi Litsmetsa Luhametsa Lusti Madise Mähkli Oe Piisi Rimmi Roosiku Savilöövi Soome Säre Taberlaane Tsooru Viirapalu Ähijärve

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