Veriora Parish

Veriora (German Paulenhof ) is a rural municipality in the Estonian Põlva circle with an area of ​​200.3 km ². It has 1492 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011).

In addition to the main town Veriora to the municipality includes the villages Haavapää, Himmiste, Jõevaara, Jõeveere, Kikka, Kirmsi, Koolma, Koolmajärve, Kullamäe, Kunksilla, Laho, Leevi, Lihtensteini, Mõtsavaara, Männisalu, Nohipalo, Pahtpää, Sarvemäe, Soohara, Süvahavva, Timo, Vareste, Verioramõisa, Viira, Viluste, Vinso, Voika, Väike Veerksu and Vändra.

Veriora is 25 km from Põlva away. The landscape is characterized by numerous forests, lakes and bogs. The train station of Veriora obtained as marshalling yard for the deportation trains during the Soviet occupation of Estonia notoriety. On September 28, died in 1978 in the forest of Leevi the last Estonian forest brother, August Sabbe.