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