title: Helme Parish
text: # Helme Parish
  
  Helme Parish (Estonian: Helme vald) was a rural municipality of Estonia, in Valga County. It had a population of 2,525 (as of 1 January 2009) and an area of 312.73 $km^2.$
  
  ## Geography
  
  ### Populated places
  
  There was small borough (Estonian: alevik) Helme and 14 villages (Estonian: küla) in Helme Parish. The villages were: Ala, Holdre, Jõgeveste, Kähu, Kalme, Karjatnurme, Kirikuküla, Koorküla, Linna, Möldre, Patküla, Pilpa, Roobe and Taagepera.
  
  ## Gallery
  
  * Helme caves
  * Taagepera Castle
  * Holdre manor
  * Taagepera Church
  * Barclay de Tolly mausoleum in Jõgeveste
  