title: Sangaste Parish
text: # Sangaste Parish
  
  Sangaste Parish (Estonian: Sangaste Vald) was a rural municipality of the Estonian county of Valga with a population of 1,464 (as of 1 January 2010) and an area of 144.72 km².
  
  Sangaste features attractions includes the Sangaste Castle, where Friedrich Wilhelm Rembert von Berg (1793-1874), the Governor-General of Finland (1855-1861), was born. It has a hotel and a restaurant. Sangaste is also the birthplace of the Estonian writer August Gailit (1891-1960) and Estonian opera singer Aarne Viisimaa (1898-1989).
  
  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
  
  