Kanepi Parish
Kanepi Parish is a rural municipality in Estonia, located in Põlva County. It has a population of 4,662 and covers an area of. The administrative centre is Kanepi.
It was established in 2017 through the merger of Valgjärve, Kõlleste, and Kanepi Parish.
Settlements
;Small boroughKanepi
;Villages
Abissaare - Aiaste - Erastvere - Hauka - Heisri - Hino - Hurmi - Häätaru - Ihamaru - Jõgehara - Jõksi - Kaagna - Kaagvere - Karaski - Karilatsi - Karste - Koigera - Kooli - Kooraste - Krootuse - Krüüdneri - Lauri - Maaritsa - Magari - Mügra - Närapää - Palutaja - Peetrimõisa - Piigandi - Piigaste - Pikajärve - Pikareinu - Prangli - Puugi - Põlgaste - Rebaste - Saverna - Sirvaste - Sulaoja - Sõreste - Tiido - Tuulemäe - Tõdu - Valgjärve - Varbuse - Veski - Vissi - Voorepalu
Geography
The lakes Aalupi, Erastvere and Hüüdre are located in Kanepi Parish.2018 flag
After the 2017 merger with Valgjärve and Kõlleste parishes, the Kanepi Parish was looking for a new flag and coat of arms. As Kanep is the Estonian word for cannabis, there were several proposed versions of a flag and coat of arms with the cannabis leaf in it.In an online poll to choose from the seven finalist designs, a cannabis leaf design won with an overwhelming majority of 12,000 votes, far larger than the parish population of 5,000.
In May 2018, the city council, baffled by the ordeal, chose to vote for themselves if they wanted to officially adopt the proposed flag, with a slim majority of 9-8 voting to adopt the flag. On May 15, 2018, the municipality announced that the cannabis leaf flag would be the official flag of Kanepi, Andrus Seeme said, and on July 13, 2018, the flag was raised outside the Kanepi municipal building.