Võru is a town and urban municipality in south-eastern Estonia, standing on the shore of Lake Tamula in the low and wide Võru-Hargla valley. It has a population of 11,813 as of 2026 and is the centre of Võru County and of Võru Parish, although the town itself forms a separate municipality outside the parish. Võru was founded on 21 August 1784 at the request of Empress Catherine II of Russia as the centre of a new county, and the Pskov-Riga railway of 1889 tied it to Riga and Saint Petersburg. The writer Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald, author of the national epic Kalevipoeg, lived and worked here as a doctor, and the Võru Folklore Festival has been held every July since 1995. Its German name is Werro.
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Source Võru County (Wikipedia)
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Võru has a population of 11,813 (as of 2026).
History, foundation
Võru was founded on 21 August 1784
Geography and climate
Võru has a humid continental climate (Dfb according to the Köppen climate classification)
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is a town and a municipality in south-eastern Estonia.
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is a town and a municipality in south-eastern Estonia.
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is a town and a municipality in south-eastern Estonia.
View the SourceVõru County (Wikipedia)
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the county capital, Võru.
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