Antsla () is a town in Võru County, southern Estonia, it is the administrative seat of Antsla Parish.

The borough of Antsla was reclassified as a third-rank town by Konstantin Päts on 1 May 1938. The settlement was first attested in 1405. The town has a furniture factory.

During the Second World War, Soviet forces captured Antsla in August 1944; German losses included hundreds of troops and large quantities of equipment.

Antsla is located on the Valga–Pechory railway, but train traffic on the line has been inactive since 2001.

Notable people

• Aimar Altosaar (born 1959), sociologist and politician

• Halja Klaar (1930–2021), film artist

• Teo Krüüner (born 1943), military major general

• Joel Luhamets (born 1952), Lutheran prelate, bishop of the Southern Region

• Maarja Nummert (1944–2024), architect

• Vilja Toomast (born 1962), politician

• Vahur Kersna (born 1962), journalist

• Urmas Välbe (born 1966), cross-country skier

• Andrus Värnik (born 1977), javelin thrower

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