Puurmani
Puurmani | |
|---|---|
 Entrance and the main building of Puurmani Manor | |
| Country |  Estonia |
| County | Jõgeva County |
| Parish | Põltsamaa Parish |
| Population | |
• Total | 514 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Puurmani is a small borough (Estonian: alevik) in Jõgeva County, Estonia, in Põltsamaa Parish. As of the 2011 census, the settlement's population was 514.[1]
Some of Europe's last woolly mammoths inhabited the Puurmani area as recently as 10,000 BP.[2][3]
Puurmani contains Puurmani manor, a historical manor recognized by the Estonian government as a cultural heritage object. It is currently occupied by a school.[4]
Notable people
- Asta Põldmäe (born 1944), writer and translator[5]
References
- ^ a b "Population by place of residence (settlement), sex and age". Statistics Estonia. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
- ^ Lõugas, Lembi; Ukkonen, Pirkko; Jungner, Högne (2002). "Dating the Extinction of European Mammoths: New Evidence from Estonia". Quaternary Science Reviews. 21 (12–13): 1347–1354. doi:10.1016/S0277-3791(01)00098-1.
- ^ "Rapid Landscape Afforestation Spelled Doom for Estonia's Woolly Mammoths". ERR. 29 July 2025. Retrieved 29 July 2025.
- ^ "Puurmani mõisa peahoone" (in Estonian). National Register of Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
- ^ "Asta Põldmäe". Estonian Literature Centre. 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
