Sangaste Parish


Sangaste Parish is a rural municipality of the Estonian county of Valga with a population of 1,464 and an area of 144.72 km².
Sangaste features attractions includes the Sangaste Castle, where Friedrich Wilhelm Rembert von Berg, the Governor-General of Finland, was born. It has a hotel and a restaurant. Sangaste is also the birthplace of the Estonian writer August Gailit and Estonian opera singer Aarne Viisimaa.
The village was first mentioned in 1272 as Toyvel.
The mayor of Sangaste Parish is Kaido Tamberg from the Social Democratic Party.

Settlements

;Small borough
Sangaste
;Villages
Ädu - Keeni - Kurevere - Lauküla - Lossiküla - Mäeküla - Mägiste - Pringi - Restu - Risttee - Sarapuu - Tiidu - Vaalu