Põlva County

Põlva County is one of the 15 counties of Estonia. It lies in the southeastern part of the country and borders Tartu, Valga and Võru counties. In Estonian it is called Põlva maakond or Põlvamaa. The article records 23,989 people living in the county in 2022, which was 1.8 percent of the population of Estonia, down from 27,028 people, or 2.1 percent, in January 2013. The County Government is led by a governor appointed by the Government of Estonia for a term of five years. The county is subdivided into three rural municipalities, known as parishes. Among its cultural details, the county had its own newspaper, Koit, from 1951 to 2019. Lutheran congregations in the county come under Võru Deanery, and Orthodox congregations under the Estonian Apostolic Orthodox Church.