Kanepi Parish
{{Short description|Municipality of Estonia (2017)}}
{{update|date=August 2018}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Kanepi Parish
| native_name = Kanepi vald
| settlement_type = Municipality of Estonia
| image_skyline = Kanepi kirik.jpg
| imagesize = 200px
| image_caption = Kanepi church
| image_flag = File:Kanepi valla lipp.svg
| image_shield = File:Kanepi valla vapp.svg
| image_map = Eesti Kanepi vald 2017.svg
| mapsize =
| map_caption = Kanepi Parish within Põlva County
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = Estonia
| subdivision_type1 = County
| subdivision_name1 = File:Põlvamaa lipp.svg Põlva
| seat_type = Administrative centre
| seat = Kanepi
| leader_party = unaffiliated
| leader_title = Municipality Governor
| leader_name = Piret Rammul
| area_total_km2 = 524.68
| population_total = 4662
| population_as_of = 01.01.2020
| population_density_km2 = auto
| website = [https://kanepi.kovtp.ee www.kanepi.kovtp.ee]
| iso_code = EE-284
| official_name =
}}
File:Drone video of a maze in a hemp field in Kanepi parish, Estonia (August 2022).webm
Kanepi Parish ({{langx|et|Kanepi vald}}) is a rural municipality of Estonia, in Põlva County. It has a population of 4,662 (as of 1 January 2020) and an area of {{cvt|524.68|sqkm||abbr=}}.{{cite web|title=Kanepi rural municipality|url=https://www.stat.ee/en/find-statistics/statistics-region/polva-county/kanepi-rural-municipality|access-date=7 January 2021|website=Statistics Estonia|publisher=Statistics Estonia}} The administrative centre is Kanepi.
It was created in 2017 with the merger of Valgjärve, Kõlleste, and Kanepi Parish.
Settlements
File:Roti vesiveski hooned ja pais 2010.jpg.]]
{{Pie chart
|thumb = right
|caption = Religion in Kanepi Parish (2021) [https://andmed.stat.ee/en/stat/rahvaloendus__rel2021__rahvastiku-demograafilised-ja-etno-kultuurilised-naitajad__usk/RL21452 Eesti Statistika]
|label1 = Unaffiliated
|value1 = 83.2
|color1 = White
|label2 = Lutheran
|value2 = 11.2
|color2 = DodgerBlue
|label3 = Orthodox
|value3 = 2.6
|color3 = Pink
|label4 = Other Christians
|value4 = 1.3
|color4 = LightBlue
|label5 = Other Religions or Unknown
|value5 = 1.7
|color5 = Yellow
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;Small borough
;Villages
Abissaare - Aiaste - Erastvere - Hauka - Heisri - Hino - Hurmi - Häätaru - Ihamaru - Jõgehara - Jõksi - Kaagna - Kaagvere - Karaski - Karilatsi - Karste - Koigera - Kooli - Kooraste - Krootuse - Krüüdneri - Lauri - Maaritsa - Magari - Mügra - Närapää - Palutaja - Peetrimõisa - Piigandi - Piigaste - Pikajärve - Pikareinu - Prangli - Puugi - Põlgaste - Rebaste - Saverna - Sirvaste - Sulaoja - Sõreste - Tiido - Tuulemäe - Tõdu - Valgjärve - Varbuse - Veski - Vissi - Voorepalu
Geography
2018 flag
After the 2017 merger with Valgjärve and Kõlleste Parishes, the Kanepi Parish was looking for a new flag and coat of arms. As Kanep is the Estonian word for cannabis,{{cite web|url=http://www.perfectplant.ee/et/toostuskanepist/fysioloogia|title=Kanepi füsioloogia|work=Perfect Plant|access-date=22 June 2010|language=et|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720125620/http://www.perfectplant.ee/et/toostuskanepist/fysioloogia|archive-date=20 July 2011|url-status=dead}} there were several proposed versions of a flag and coat of arms with the cannabis leaf in it.
In an online poll among the seven finalist designs, a cannabis leaf design won with an overwhelming majority of 12,000 votes, far larger than the parish population of 5,000.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-43300521 |title=Estonian district votes to get cannabis leaf flag |work=BBC News from Elsewhere |access-date=6 March 2018}}{{cite news|title=Kanepi Municipality residents choose cannabis leaf for flag, coat of arms|date=March 3, 2018|publisher=Eesti Rahvusringhääling (ERR) (Estonian Public Broadcasting)|url=https://news.err.ee/687702/kanepi-municipality-residents-choose-cannabis-leaf-for-flag-coat-of-arms}}
In May 2018, the city council, baffled by the ordeal, chose to vote for themselves if they wanted to officially adopt the proposed flag, with a slim majority of 9-8 voting to adopt the flag.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-44168070|title=Estonia's Kanepi town adopts cannabis leaf flag after online poll|date=May 18, 2018|website=BBC|access-date=May 10, 2019}} On May 15, 2018, the municipality announced that the cannabis leaf flag will be the official flag of Kanepi, Andrus Seeme (Mayor) said,{{cite web |url= http://canoe.com/news/weird/estonian-municipality-put-cannabis-leaf-on-flag |title= Estonian municipality of Kanepi puts cannabis leaf on flag |access-date = May 17, 2018 |date= May 17, 2018 |website= Canoe.com |publisher=Quebecor Media|language = en |quote= Andrus Seeme, mayor for Kanepi's 2,500 souls, says a referendum was held in late 2017 and 80 per cent picked the winning design — a silver cannabis leaf on a green shield — out of seven designs. |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180517135602/http://canoe.com/news/weird/estonian-municipality-put-cannabis-leaf-on-flag |archive-date= May 17, 2018}} and on July 13, 2018, the flag was raised outside the Kanepi municipal building.
See also
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