Kannuküla
village in Viljandi Rural Municipality, Viljandi County, Estonia
Kannuküla is a village in Viljandi Parish, Viljandi County, Estonia. Until the 2017 administrative reform of Estonian municipalities the village was located in Tarvastu Parish. Kannuküla is located 28 km (17) southeast of the town of Viljandi, 12 km (7.4 miles) southwest of the small borough of Mustla, near the border of Viljandi County and Valga County. Neighboring villages include Kärstna, Anikatsi and Ämmuste. The population of Kannuküla as of 2011 was 42, a decrease from 61 in the 2000 census.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Kannuküla” as village in Viljandi Rural Municipality, Viljandi County, Estonia. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as village in Viljandi Rural Municipality, Viljandi County, Estonia. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q11032177. Authority coordinates are 58.131, 25.790. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2017, 2011 and 2000.
Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.
- Historic place names
- Jurisdictional context
- Routes into maps and plans
Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Kannuküla”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow Kannuküla primary sources, Kannuküla archive and Kannuküla research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
- Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Kannuküla”?
- Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
- What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
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This entry incorporates text from “Kannuküla” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.