Antsla

Antsla is a town in Võru County, southern Estonia, it is the administrative seat of Antsla Parish.

The borough of Antsla was reclassified as a third-rank town by Konstantin Päts on 1 May 1938. The settlement was first attested in 1405. The town has a furniture factory.

Antsla is located on the Valga–Pechory railway, but train traffic on the line has been inactive since 2001.

Notable people

 * Aimar Altosaar (born 1959), sociologist and politician
 * Teo Krüüner (born 1943), military major general
 * Maarja Nummert (born 1944), architect
 * Vilja Toomast (born 1962), politician
 * Vahur Kersna (born 1962), journalist
 * Urmas Välbe (born 1966), cross-country skier
 * Andrus Värnik (born 1977), javelin thrower