Rapla Parish

Rapla Parish

Rapla vald
Rapla Parish Rapla vald
Municipality of Estonia
	Rapla Maria Magdalena Lutheran Church
	Flag Coat of arms
	Rapla Parish within Rapla County
Country	Estonia
County	Rapla County
Administrative centre	Rapla
Area
• Total	859 km2 (332 sq mi)
Population (01.01.2019)
• Total	13,193
• Density	15.4/km2 (39.8/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code	EE-668
Website	www.rapla.ee

Rapla Parish (Estonian: Rapla vald) is an Estonian municipality located in Rapla County. It has a population of 13,193 (as of 1 January 2019) and an area of 859 km².

Settlements

Town

Rapla

Small boroughs

Alu - Hagudi - Kaiu - Kuusiku

Villages

Äherdi - Alu-Metsküla - Aranküla - Atla - Hagudi - Helda - Hõreda - Iira - Jalase - Jaluse - Järlepa - Juula - Juuru - Kabala - Kaigepere - Kalda - Kalevi - Karitsa - Kasvandu - Kelba - Keo - Kodila - Kodila-Metsküla - Koigi - Koikse - Kõrgu - Kuimetsa - Kuku - Kuusiku-Nõmme - Lipa - Lipametsa - Lipstu - Loe - Lõiuse - Lõpemetsa - Mahlamäe - Mahtra - Maidla - Mällu - Metsküla - Mõisaaseme - Nõmme - Nõmmemetsa - Nõmmküla - Oblu - Oela - Ohulepa - Oola - Orguse - Palamulla - Pirgu - Põlliku - Põlma - Purila - Purku - Raela - Raikküla - Raka - Ridaküla - Röa - Sadala - Seli - Seli-Nurme - Sikeldi - Sulupere - Suurekivi - Tamsi - Tapupere - Tolla - Toomja - Tõrma - Tuti - Ülejõe - Ummaru - Uusküla - Vahakõnnu - Vahastu - Väljataguse - Valli - Valtu - Vana-Kaiu - Vankse - Vaopere

Religion

The majority of the residents of the Rapla parish 84.1% are religiously unaffiliated. Among those residents who do associate with a religion, 10.8% identify as Lutheran. The Orthodox community constitutes 1.7%, while other Christian denominations make up 1.7% of the population. A smaller segment of the population, 0.7%, follows other religions, while 1.0% of individuals did not specify their religious affiliation.^[1]

International relations

Twin towns — sister cities

Nurmijärvi, Finland^[2]

Notable people

Adam Johann von Krusenstern (1770 in Hagudi – 1846), a Baltic German, Russian admiral and explorer.^[3]
August Topman (1882 in Lõpemetsa – 1968), composer and organist; one of the founders of Tallinn Higher Music School and taught there, 1923 to 1950
Anton Starkopf (1889 in Röa – 1966), sculptor, one of the founders of the Pallas Art School and taught there, 1919 to 1940
Otto Tief (1889 in Uusküla – 1976), military commander and lawyer; acting Prime Minister of Estonia for 4 days in 1944
Uku Masing (1909 in Lipa– 1985), polymath, philosopher, theologian, poet, writer, folklorist and linguist
Anton Raadik (1917 in Raikküla – 1999), middleweight boxer of the 1940s and 1950s
Viktor Meister (1925 in Pirgu – 2018), agronomist and economist, member of Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union, 1962–1966
Raul Meel (born 1941 in Jalase), an avant-garde artist, did painting, sculpture, installation and performance art
Liivi Erm (born 1953 in Raikküla), sport shooter and Estonian Athlete of the Year in 1976
Andres Uibo (born 1956 in Kivi-Vigala), organist, composer and music producer
Kairi Himanen (born 1992 in Raikküla), footballer who played over 300 games and 81 for Estonia women

References

↑ "stat.ee".
↑ "Nurmijärven ystävyyskunta/maakunta esittäytyy Helsingissä la- su 21. - 22.11" (in Finnish). Nurmijärven kunta. Archived from the original on 16 July 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
↑ "Krusenstern, Adam Ivan" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 934.

External links

Official website (in Estonian)

59°0′25″N 24°47′34″E / 59.00694°N 24.79278°E / 59.00694; 24.79278

[1] "stat.ee".

[2] "Nurmijärven ystävyyskunta/maakunta esittäytyy Helsingissä la- su 21. - 22.11" (in Finnish). Nurmijärven kunta. Archived from the original on 16 July 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2019.

[3] "Krusenstern, Adam Ivan" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 934.

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