Sangaste Parish

{{Short description|Former municipality of Estonia}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Sangaste Parish

| native_name = Sangaste vald

| settlement_type = Former municipality of Estonia

| image_skyline = Sangaste mõisa peahoone1.jpg

| imagesize =

| image_caption = Sangaste manor

| image_flag = Sangaste valla lipp.gif

| flag_size = 85px

| image_shield = Sangaste valla vapp.gif

| shield_size = 75px

| image_map = Eesti sangaste vald.png

| mapsize =

| map_caption = Sangaste Parish within Valga County.

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{flag|Estonia}}

| subdivision_type1 = County

| subdivision_name1 = 24px Valga County

| seat_type = Administrative centre

| seat = Sangaste

| leader_party = Social Democrates

| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Kaido Tamberg

| area_total_km2 = 144.72

| area_footnotes =

| population_total = 1464

| population_as_of = 01.01.2010

| population_density_km2 = auto

| website = [http://www.sangaste.ee www.sangaste.ee]

}}

Sangaste Parish ({{langx|et|Sangaste Vald}}) was a rural municipality of the Estonian county of Valga with a population of 1,464 (as of 1 January 2010) and an area of 144.72 km².{{cite web|url=http://pub.stat.ee/px-web.2001/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=Po0291&ti=POPULATION+NUMBER%2C+AREA+AND+DENSITY+BY+ADMINISTRATIVE+UNIT+OR+TYPE+OF+SETTLEMENT%2C+1+JANUARY&path=../I_Databas/Population/01Population_indicators_and_composition/04Population_figure_and_composition/&lang=1|title=Population figure and composition|date=2010-04-19|publisher=Statistics Estonia|accessdate=28 May 2010}}

Sangaste features attractions, including the Sangaste Castle, where Friedrich Wilhelm Rembert von Berg (1793–1874), the Governor-General of Finland (1855–1861), was born. It has a hotel and a restaurant. Sangaste is also the birthplace of the Estonian writer August Gailit (1891–1960) and Estonian opera singer Aarne Viisimaa (1898–1989).

The village was first mentioned in 1272 as Toyvel.

The mayor of Sangaste Parish is Kaido Tamberg{{cite web|url=http://www.sangaste.ee/index.php?page=139|title=Vallavanem|publisher=Sangaste vald|language=Estonian|accessdate=28 May 2010}} from the Social Democratic Party.