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Vasula | |
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 Linden alley on the road entering to Vasula. | |
  Vasula Location in Estonia | |
| Coordinates: 58°28′13″N 26°44′30″E / 58.470277777778°N 26.741666666667°E | |
| Country | Estonia |
| County | Tartu County |
| Municipality | Tartu Parish |
| First mentioned | 1220 |
| Population | |
• Total | 273 |
Vasula is a small borough (Estonian: alevik) in Tartu Parish, Tartu County, in southern Estonia. It is about 10 km (6 mi) north of the centre of Tartu, the second largest city in Estonia. Vasula is situated on the left bank of the Amme river. As of the 2011 census, the population of Vasula was 273.[1]
Vasula was first mentioned, as Wasala, in 1220 in the Livonian Chronicle of Henry.[2]
Vasula gained its small borough status in 2013; before that it was a village.
Since 1997, a rock music festival Amme Rock has been held annually in Vasula.
There is a lake called Vasula Lake in the neighbouring village of Lombi, just south of Vasula.
- ^ a b "Population by place of residence (settlement), sex and age". Statistics Estonia. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
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