Kadi, Madli-Greete, Ermo

AalborgAalborg 2011 2011

Official name: Republic of Estonia

Estonia is a green land, forests cover 55% of the country .

Highest point: Suur Munamägi (Great Egg Hill), 318 m

Population: 1,340 million Population density: 31 inhabitants per

square km

Largest ethnic groups: Estonians (69%), Russians (26%), others 5%

The capital of Estonia is Tallinn (400 thousand inhabitants or 29.8%

of total population). In 2011 Tallinn is the European Capital of Culture.

From 1 January 2011 the currency in Estonia is euro.

Location: The south-eastern part of Võru County near the

Russian and Latvian borders

Population : 2 178 inhabitants in Vastseliina

Distance from city centres : 285 - Tallinn, 24 - Võru, 75 -

Pskov, 250 -Riga

Environment : Mainly hills or ridges of the Haanja Heights,

marvelous sights in the valley of the Piusa River

Vastseliina Bishops Castle (1342)

School population 232 students 1 - 12 grades (age from 7 to19) Teaching staff 26 teachers Many annual school fests Active student council 6 elective subjects 15 out of school acitivities

Home daughters Young eagles Glass arts Basketball Volleyball Athletics Võru dialect and culture

Choir singing Karate Estonian Folk

Dance Handycraft

workshops Career classes Woodcraft Sport games Drama club

Cooking Technical drawing Military Defence Ballroom dancing French language 3D modelling