Nõo Parish

Nõo ( German Nüggen ) is a rural municipality in the Estonian Tartu county with 3,924 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2010). The area of ​​the municipality is 170 km ².

Nõo bordered to the west by the town of Elva and the communities Konguta and Rõngu, on the east by the municipalities Kambja and Ülenurme, on the north by the municipalities Tähtvere and Puhja and on the south by the municipality Palupera ( Valga County ).

The center of the municipality is Nõo ( 1,536 inhabitants). In addition to the municipality includes the villages Aiamaa, Altmäe, Etsaste, Enno, Illi Järiste, Keeri, Ketneri, Kolga, Kääni, Laguja, Luke, Meeri, Nõgiaru, Sassi, Tamsa, Tõravere, Unipiha, Uuta, Vissi and Voika.

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The municipality is located in the Natural Park Otepaeae.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town

• Andreas Virginius (1640-1701), deutschbaltischer Lutheran theologian and Bible translator

Personalities who were active in the city

• Adrian Virginius († 1647), deutschbaltischer Lutheran theologian, pastor at Nüggen
• Martin Lipp (1854-1923), Estonian poet, pastor in Nüggen

Village Ketneri

The small village is Ketneri as penultimate stop at kilometer 56 along the route of every autumn conducted " Tartu bike marathon " that leads from the ski stadium Otepaeae about 62.3 km to the hunting shooting Elva ( Elva Jahilasketiir ). The field is for the last years constant at about 4,000 cyclists, the route also the entire summer is used on intensively.