Meremäe Parish

[2] The following is a list of all of the reported villages and other settlements in the Parish: Ala-Tsumba – Antkruva – Ermakova – Härmä – Helbi – Hilana – Hilläkeste – Holdi – Ignasõ – Jaanimäe – Jõksi – Juusa – Kalatsova – Kangavitsa – Karamsina – Kasakova – Kastamara – Keerba – Kiiova – Kiislova – Kiksova – Kitsõ – Klistina – Kõõru – Korski – Kuigõ – Kuksina – Küllätüvä – Kusnetsova – Lepä – Lindsi – Lutja – Maaslova – Marinova – Martsina – Masluva – Melso – Merekülä – Meremäe – Miikse – Miku – Navikõ – Obinitsa – Olehkova – Ostrova – Paklova – Palandõ – Palo – Paloveere – Pelsi – Pliia – Poksa – Polovina – Puista – Raotu – Rokina – Ruutsi – Seretsüvä – Serga – Sirgova – Sulbi – Tääglova – Talka – Tedre – Tepia – Tessova – Teterüvä – Tiirhanna – Tiklasõ – Tobrova – Treiali – Triginä – Tsergondõ – Tsirgu – Tsumba – Tuplova – Tuulova – Ulaskova – Uusvada – Vaaksaarõ – Väiko-Härmä – Väiko-Serga – Vaarkali — Vasla – Veretinä – Vinski – Viro – Võmmorski.

The Rural Municipality Office was situated in the household of a family named Kärner in Põrste village.

A significant part of that was from Meremäe rural municipality territory, including villages around Krantsova, Kiirova and Vasilde, were surrendered to Russian SFSR.

On 1 January 1998, control of the villages in Vastseliina parish was returned to Vastseliina rural municipality and the Meremäe rural municipality of today covers a region of 132 square kilometres, and has 87 smaller and larger villages of the historic Setomaa region.

Originally, the rural municipality office was situated in the household of the Kärner family in Põrste village.

[4] Churches: Typical small Seto chapels (tsässon): Almost all tsässonas in the Miikse and Viro villages are perished.

Burial grounds: Other Sacred Places: Hills: Rivers and lakes: Caves and sandstone outcrops: Springs: Monuments and sculptures: The monument to the Singing Mother of the Seto People stands on the high bank of Obinitsa artificial lake, modelled by sculptor E. Rebane, E. Taniloo in 1986.

Piusa Ancient Valley Holiday Complex and Setomaa Tourist Farm are the most notable tourism businesses.