Viljandi Parish

Viljandi Parish
Viljandi vald
Municipality of Estonia
Flag of Viljandi Parish
Flag
Coat of arms of Viljandi Parish
Coat of arms
Viljandi Parish within Viljandi County.
Viljandi Parish within Viljandi County.
CountryEstonia
CountyViljandi County
Administrative centreViljandi
Government
 • MayorAlar Karu (IRL)
Area
 • Total
651 km2 (251 sq mi)
Population
 (2019)
 • Total
13,569[1]
ISO 3166 codeEE-899
Websitewww.viljandivald.ee

Viljandi Parish (Estonian: Viljandi vald) is a rural municipality of Viljandi County, Estonia. It is located around the town of Viljandi, but does not include it.

Viljandi Parish was established by merging four municipalities: Paistu, Pärsti, Saarepeedi and Viiratsi parishes. This took place after the municipal elections held on 20 October 2013.[2]

Between 1939 and 1950, Viljandi Parish existed with different borders.

  1. ^ "Statistics Estonia". Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  2. ^ Siseministeerium Archived October 29, 2013, at the Wayback Machine Tekib seitse tugevat valda. 2013