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Antsla is a town in Võru County, southern Estonia, it is the administrative centre of Antsla Parish.

Antsla
Town
Town center
Antsla Location in Estonia
Coordinates: 57°49′45″N 26°31′44″E
Country	Estonia
County	Võru County
Municipality	Antsla Parish
Population  (2018)[1]
• Total	1,311
• Rank	39th
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Antsla borough was renamed town of third rank by Konstantin Päts from 1 May 1938. The settlement is known since 1405. The town has a furniture manufacturing.

Antsla is situated on the Valga–Pechory railway, but since 2001 the train traffic on the line is inactive.

Notable people

• Aimar Altosaar (born 1959), sociologist and politician
• Teo Krüüner (born 1943), military major general
• Maarja Nummert (born 1944), architect
• Vilja Toomast (born 1962), politician
• Vahur Kersna (born 1962), journalist
• Urmas Välbe (born 1966), cross-country skier
• Andrus Värnik (born 1977), javelin thrower

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References

На других языках

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- [en] Antsla

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[ru] Антсла

А́нтсла (эст. Antsla, уст. Анзль, Анцен[2]) — город в волости Антсла уезда Вырумаа, Эстония. Является административным центром одноимённой волости. Не имеет муниципального статуса.

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