title: Urvaste Parish
text: # Urvaste Parish
  
  Urvaste Parish (Estonian: Urvaste vald, Võro: Urvastõ vald) was a rural municipality of Estonia, in Võru County. It had a population of 1,413 (as of 1 January 2009) and an area of 139.62 $km^2.$
  
  There are two main tourist attractions: Tamme-Lauri oak and Pokuland [et] (Estonian: Pokumaa).
  
  ## Settlements
  
  ### Villages
  
  Kassi - Kirikuküla - Koigu - Kõlbi - Kuldre - Lümatu - Pihleni - Ruhingu - Toku - Uhtjärve - Urvaste - Uue-Antsla - Vaabina - Visela
  
  ## Gallery
  
  * Landscape near Urvaste village.
  * Urvaste church
  * Pokuland, home of fictional characters Pokus, created by Edgar Valter.
  * Tamme-Lauri oak
  * Tamme-Lauri oak, the thickest and oldest tree in Estonia, behind the Estonian 10 kroon banknote.
  