Tapa Parish
Tapa Parish
Tapa vald | |
|---|---|
 Jäneda manor | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Tapa Parish within Lääne-Viru County | |
| Country |  Estonia |
| County |  Lääne-Viru County |
| Administrative centre | Tapa |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Riho Tell |
| Area | |
• Total | 480 km2 (190 sq mi) |
| Population (2018) | |
• Total | 11,049 |
| • Density | 23/km2 (60/sq mi) |
| ISO 3166 code | EE-792 |
| Website | www.tapa.ee |
Tapa Parish (Estonian: Tapa vald) is a rural municipality in Lääne-Viru County in northern Estonia.[1]
The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Tapa. It is located 70 km east of Estonia's capital, Tallinn.
History
Tapa Parish was established by merging in October 2005 the town of Tapa with Lehtse and Saksi rural municipalities and in October 2017 the Tapa and Tamsalu rural municipalities.
Religion
- Unaffiliated (76.0%)
- Orthodox (11.3%)
- Lutheran (5.70%)
- Other Christians (2.90%)
- Other religions or unknown (4.10%)
Local government
Chairman of the Council (Estonian: volikogu esimees):
- 2017-2018 - Toomas Uudeberg
- from 2018 - Maksim Butšenkov
Mayor (Estonian: vallavanem):
- 2017-2018 - Alari Kirt
- from 2018 - Riho Tell
Geography
Populated places
There are two towns Tapa and Tamsalu, one small borough Lehtse and 55 villages: Aavere, Alupere, Araski, Assamalla, Imastu, Jootme, Jäneda, Järsi, Järvajõe, Kadapiku, Kaeva, Karkuse, Kerguta, Koiduküla, Koplitaguse, Kuie, Kullenga, Kursi, Kuru, Kõrveküla, Lemmküla, Linnape, Loksa, Loksu, Lokuta, Läpi, Läste, Metskaevu, Moe, Naistevälja, Nõmmküla, Näo, Patika, Piilu, Piisupi, Porkuni, Pruuna, Põdrangu, Rabasaare, Raudla, Rägavere, Räsna, Saiakopli, Saksi, Sauvälja, Savalduma, Tõõrakõrve, Türje, Uudeküla, Vadiküla, Vahakulmu, Vajangu, Vistla, Võhmetu, Võhmuta.
Notable people
- Jaan Kalviste (1898 in Läste – 1936), chemist and mineralogist, killed in a mass explosion
- Voldemar Mägi (1914 in Lehtse – 1954), wrestler, competed as a Greco-Roman middleweight at the 1936 Summer Olympics
- Marko Pomerants (born 1964 in Tamsalu), politician, has held three government minister posts
- Kaili Sirge (born 1983 in Tamsalu), cross-country skier. She competed in five events at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- Elina Born (born 1994 in Lehtse), a singer, has sung twice at the Eurovision Song Contest
- Martin Himma (born 1999 in Tamsalu), cross-country skier, flagbearer at the 2022 Winter Olympics
References
- ↑ "Päring kohanimeandmebaasist. Eesti kohanimed". www.eki.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 3 February 2022.
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External links
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