Tõrva Parish (Estonian: Tõrva vald) is a rural municipality in Valga County. It includes the town of Tõrva.
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Settlements
Town
Tõrva
Boroughs
Helme, Hummuli
Villages
Aitsra, Ala, Alamõisa, Holdre, Jeti, Jõgeveste, Kalme, Karjatnurme, Karu, Kaubi, Kirikuküla, Koorküla, Kulli, Kungi, Kähu, Leebiku, Linna, Liva, Lõve, Möldre, Patküla, Piiri, Pikasilla, Pilpa, Pori, Puide Ransi, Reti, Riidaja, Roobe, Rulli, Soe, Soontaga, Taagepera, Uralaane, Vanamõisa, Voorbahi
Religion
The most common religions in the parish are Lutheranism and Orthodoxy, although most of the municipality's adult residents are unaffiliated.
Notable people
Paul Andreas von Rennenkampff (1790 in Helme – 1857), was a Baltic German nobleman, military commander and Statesman
Aleksander Läte (1860 in Pikasilla – 1948), composer, conductor and music critic.
Johan Kõpp (1874 in Holdre – 1970), bishop and head of the Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1939–1944.
Paul Lill (1882 in Roobe – 1942), military officer and Minister of War, from 1933 to 1939
Hella Wuolijoki (1886 in Ala – 1954), Finnish writer, playwright, parliamentarian, farmer and dramatist.
Salme Pekkala-Dutt (1888 Taagepera – 1964), an Estonian-British communist politician, essayist, writer and admirer of Stalin
Aleksander Jaakson (1892 in Holdre – 1942), army general, educator and politician; Minister of Education, 1936 to 1939
sisters from Riidaja, Karin Luts (1904–1993) a painter and graphic artist & Meta Luts (1905–1958), an actress.
Endel Aruja (1911 in Soontaga – 2008), physicist specialising in X-ray crystallography
Jaak Aab (born 1960 in Taagepera), politician, Minister of Education and Research three times