Kury ( est. Kurõ ) is a village in the Rõuge parish of Võru County , Estonia .
| Village | |
| Chickens | |
|---|---|
| est. Kurõ | |
| A country |  Estonia |
| County | Vorumaa |
| Volost | Rouge |
| History and Geography | |
| Timezone | UTC + 2 , in summer UTC + 3 |
| Population | |
| Population | ▼ 5 people ( 2011 ) |
| Nationalities | Estonians - 100% |
| Official language | Estonian |
| Digital identifiers | |
| Postcode | 65014 [1] |
Prior to the administrative reform of local governments in Estonia in 2017, the village was part of the Misso Municipality . Located on the border of Estonia with Latvia .
Content
- 1 Number of inhabitants
- 2 History
- 3 The origin of the toponym
- 4 notes
Number of inhabitants
According to the 2011 census , 5 people lived in the village, all of them were Estonians [2] .
In 2000, there were 9 inhabitants in the village [3] .
As of January 1, 2018, 3 people lived in the village [4] .
History
The village arose on the lands of the Misso Manor . In 1977 - 1997, the village of Kura was part of the village of Rammuka [5] .
The origin of the toponym
The additional name Kura (Kure) in the wilderness of Misso (also Pugola) existed already in the 17th century. In the written sources of 1684 the name of the resident Curi Thomas is found , in 1688 - Kurre Thomas ( Kurre Tomas ), in 1820 the name of the village was written as Puggola-Kurre ( Puggola-Kurre ). The bird name "crane" ( Est. Kurg — kure ) in ancient peasant names was very common. You should also take into account the meaning of another additional name - Kurki ( Est. Kurki ), as "unclean power, hell" ( Est. Kurivaim, kurat ), which was used in the Baltic-Finnish languages as a swear word or a polysyllabic name. [5]
In the local dialect, such village names as “Kurykylä”, “Kurykulla” ( Kurõkülä, Kurõküllä ) are also used [5] .
Notes
- ↑ postiindeks.ee
- ↑ Statistics Estonia. NUMBER AND SHARE OF ESTONIANS BY PLACE OF RESIDENCE (SETTLEMENT), 31 DECEMBER 2011 .
- ↑ Kurõ küla . eestigiid.ee .
- ↑ 2018. aasta rahvaarv asustusüksustes . Keskkonnainvesteeringute Keskus .
- ↑ 1 2 3 Kurõ . Dictionary of Estonian place names . Eesti Keele Instituut.