Palamuse

{{Short description|Borough in Estonia}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Palamuse

| settlement_type = Small borough

| image_skyline = Palamuse veskijärv (Amme jõgi).jpg

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| image_caption = Palamuse impounded lake on the Amme River.

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| pushpin_map = Estonia

| pushpin_label_position = left

| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Estonia

| coordinates = {{Coord|58|41|05|N|26|35|03|E|region:EE|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Estonia

| subdivision_type1 = County

| subdivision_name1 = Jõgeva County

| subdivision_type2 = Municipality

| subdivision_name2 = Jõgeva Parish

| established_title = First mentioned

| established_date = 20.11.1234

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| population_total = 551

| population_as_of = 01.01.2011

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Palamuse is a small borough ({{langx|et|alevik}}) in Jõgeva County, in Jõgeva Parish, Estonia, located about {{convert|12|km|0|abbr=on}} southeast of the town of Jõgeva. It is passed by the Amme River. With a population of 551 (as of 1 January 2011){{cite web|title=Rahvastik|url=https://palamuse.kovtp.ee/et/rahvastik|publisher=Palamuse vald|access-date=10 August 2012|language=et|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180322230314/http://palamuse.kovtp.ee/et/rahvastik|archive-date=22 March 2018|url-status=dead}}

Palamuse was the biggest settlement and the administrative centre of Palamuse Parish.

Palamuse is best known for being depicted in the Oskar Luts' 1912–1913 novel Spring (Kevade) as the settlement called "Paunvere". The 1969 film adaptation Spring was also filmed in Palamuse. His brother, filmmaker Theodor Luts (1896-1980) was born in Palamuse.

Palamuse was first mentioned in a letter by Pope Gregory IX on 20 November 1234.