Kambja Parish is a rural municipality in Tartu County, Estonia.
Settlements and demography Small boroughs Kambja - Külitse - Räni - Tõrvandi - Ülenurme
Villages Aakaru - Ivaste - Kaatsi - Kammeri - Kavandu - Kodijärve - Kõrkküla - Kullaga - Laane - Lalli - Läti - Lemmatsi - Lepiku - Madise - Mäeküla - Oomiste - Õssu - Paali - Palumäe - Pangodi - Pulli - Pühi - Raanitsa - Rebase - Reola - Reolasoo - Riiviku - Sipe - Sirvaku - Soinaste - Soosilla - Sulu - Suure-Kambja - Talvikese - Tatra - Täsvere - Uhti - Vana-Kuuste - Virulase - Visnapuu
The majority of the adult population of the municipality is without religious affiliation. The largest number of believers are Lutherans, to a lesser extent there are also Orthodox Christians and members of other religious communities.
Twinnings Toivakka Municipality, Finland
Notable people Gregor von Helmersen (1803 in Kammeri – 1885), a Baltic German geologist. Karl Eduard von Liphart (1808 – 1891), a noted art expert and collector; founding President of the Estonian Naturalists' Society Ernst Friedrich von Liphart (1847 – 1932), painter, a noted art expert, art collector and curator at the Hermitage Museum. Karl-Johannes Soonpää (1895 in Pangodi – 1944), politician, civil servant and a one of the Forest Brothers Karl-Robert Ruus (1899 in Pangodi - 1946), politician, the governor of Valga County, Harju County and Lääne County, 1930/1940. Albert Kusnets (1902 in Suure-Kambja – 1942), middleweight Greco-Roman wrestler; bronze medallist at the 1928 Summer Olympics Leonhard Kukk (1906 in Pangodi – 1941), a weightlifter, who competed in the men's middleweight at the 1928 Summer Olympics Johannes Kotkas (1915 in Kodijärve – 1998), a heavyweight Greco-Roman wrestler and gold medallist at the 1952 Summer Olympics. Rain Eensaar (born 1974 in Lemmatsi), an orienteer, rogainer and adventure racer. Ivo Posti (born 1975 in Vana-Kuuste), a countertenor, historian and director of Narva Museum.
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