Elva, Estonia

Elva
Town
Elva town hall
Elva Location in Estonia
Coordinates: 58°13′28″N 26°25′16″E / 58.22444°N 26.42111°E / 58.22444; 26.42111
Country	Estonia
County	Tartu County
Municipality	Elva Parish
Town rights	1 May 1938
Area
• Total	9.92 km2 (3.83 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Total	5,616
• Rank	17th
• Density	570/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
Ethnicity
• Estonians	95.3%
• Russians	2%
• other	2.7%
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Elva is a town in Elva Parish, Tartu County, Estonia.

Elva has two large lakes: Lake Verevi has a sandy and well-developed beach area that is very popular in the summer and is host to many outdoor events. Lake Arbi has wet reed grown shores. Elva's largest employer (and in all of southern Estonia) is Enics Eesti AS, subsidiary of Enics Group, providing electronics manufacturing services in industrial electronics. Elva has one school, Elva Gümnaasium, offering education from 1st grade to high school graduation.

A dominant element in Elva is the train station which today is a visitors' information center and which used to be an important trade route in the past centuries.

Detailed information on hikes on foot or by bicycle can be obtained from the visitors' information center. The Elva river, with old water mill sites and rapid banks, is popular for canoeing. In winter skiers can participate in the Tartu Marathon, belonging to the Worldloppet series. Its 60 km track from Otepää to Elva can be cycled through on mountain bikes in summer.