Obinitsa

Obinitsa
Village
Obinitsa Location in Estonia
Coordinates: 57°48′35″N 27°26′33″E / 57.80972°N 27.44250°E / 57.80972; 27.44250Coordinates: 57°48′35″N 27°26′33″E / 57.80972°N 27.44250°E / 57.80972; 27.44250
Country	Estonia
County	Võru County
Municipality	Meremäe Parish
Population (01.01.2009[1])
• Total	187

Obinitsa (also known as Obiniste, Abinitsa, Kirikmäe) is a village in Meremäe Parish, Võru County, southeastern Estonia. It has a population of 187 (as of 1 January 2009).^[1]

The Meremäe-Obinitsa Primary School was closed in 2009, after that the building is used as a nursing home.

Obinitsa is the Finno-Ugric Capital of Culture in 2015.^[2]

See also

• The Obinitsa Church of Transfiguration of Our Lord
• Obinitsa School-Church

References

Settlements in Meremäe Parish Villages Ala-Tsumba Antkruva Ermakova Härmä Helbi Hilana Hilläkeste Holdi Ignasõ Jaanimäe Jõksi Juusa Kalatsova Kangavitsa Karamsina Kasakova Kastamara Keerba Kiiova Kiislova Kiksova Kitsõ Klistina Kõõru Korski Kuigõ Kuksina Küllätüvä Kusnetsova Lepä Lindsi Lutja Maaslova Marinova Martsina Masluva Melso Merekülä Meremäe Miikse Miku Navikõ Obinitsa Olehkova Ostrova Paklova Palandõ Palo Paloveere Pelsi Pliia Poksa Polovina Puista Raotu Rokina Ruutsi Seretsüvä Serga Sirgova Sulbi Tääglova Talka Tedre Tepia Tessova Teterüvä Tiirhanna Tiklasõ Tobrova Treiali Triginä Tsergondõ Tsirgu Tsumba Tuplova Tuulova Ulaskova Uusvada Vaaksaarõ Väiko-Härmä Väiko-Serga Vasla Veretinä Vinski Viro Võmmorski