Piirissaare Parish

Piirissaare Parish Piirissaare vald
Municipality of Estonia
Piirissaare beach
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Piirissaare Parish within Tartu County.
Country	Estonia
County	Tartu County
Administrative centre	Tooni
Government
• Mayor	Jelena Umbleja (non-party)
Area
• Total	7.8 km2 (3.0 sq mi)
Population  (01.01.2010)
• Total	73
Website	piirissaare.ee

Piirissaare Parish is the smallest (by population) rural municipality in Tartu County, Estonia, consisting of the Piirissaar island in Lake Peipus. The island is known for its beautiful nature. There are many rare species such as the common spadefoot toad, green toad, little gull, black tern, white-tailed eagle, European bullhead, Petasites spurius and muskrat. It is the most important wildlife preserve for amphibians in Estonia.

Government (vallavalitsus) and Parliament (vallavolikogu)

Vallavolikogu

The parliament of Piirissaar (Piirissaare vallavolikogu) has 7 members. Three of them are belonging to Valimisliit Kodupaik (VK) and four members are from Estonian second largest party Estonian Center Party (KE).

Piirissaare vallavolikogu
Structure
Seats	7
Political groups	VK (3)   K (4)
Elections
Last election	October 2013
Meeting place
Piirissaare vallavalitsus, Tooni küla

Settlements

There are 3 villages on Piirissaar: Piiri, Saare and Tooni.

External links

• Official website Template:Et icon
• Unofficial website Template:Et icon Template:Ru icon
• 360-Degree Airiel Panorama of Piirissaar from Helicopter