Kavastu, Tartu County

Kavastu
Kavastu
	Kavastu
	Coordinates: 58°23′N 27°03′E / 58.383°N 27.050°ECoordinates: 58°23′N 27°03′E / 58.383°N 27.050°E
Country	Estonia
County	Tartu County
Population (2009)
• Total	315
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)

Kavastu is a village in Luunja Parish, Tartu County, on the left bank of Emajõgi.^[1]

The only operating cable ferry in Estonia crosses the river at Kavastu.^[2] At Kavastu, there is a mediumwave transmitter with 2 249 metres tall guyed masts, actually used for broadcasting a religious program on 1035 kHz with 125 kW.^[3]^[4]

Historically, the village is named as Alevi and Uue-Kastre.^[5]

Gallery[]

Kavastu raft over Emajõgi in 1984.
View at the village from the raft.
Kavastu dairy

References[]

^ Classification of Estonian administrative units and settlements 2014 (retrieved 28 July 2021)
^ "Kavastu parv" (in Estonian). Ministry of the Interior. Archived from the original (DOC) on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 7 September 2009.
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^ Alevi, entry in Place Names Database (KNAB) [3] (retrieved 27 March 2020)

Population of Luunja Parish by villages^{[permanent dead link]}

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[1] Classification of Estonian administrative units and settlements 2014 (retrieved 28 July 2021)

[2] "Kavastu parv" (in Estonian). Ministry of the Interior. Archived from the original (DOC) on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 7 September 2009.

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[5] Alevi, entry in Place Names Database (KNAB) [3] (retrieved 27 March 2020)

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v t Settlements in Luunja Parish
Small borough	Luunja
Villages	Kabina Kakumetsa Kavastu Kikaste Kõivu Lohkva Muri Pajukurmu Pilka Poksi Põvvatu Rõõmu Sääsekõrva Sääsküla Sava Savikoja Sirgu Sirgumetsa Veibri Viira