Tapa Parish
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Tapa Parish
Tapa vald | |
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![]() Jäneda manor | |
![]() Tapa Parish within Lääne-Viru County. | |
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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
[edit]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
[edit]Religion in Tapa Parish (2021) [1]
Local government
[edit]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
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Porkuni_linnuse_v%C3%A4ravatorn.jpg/220px-Porkuni_linnuse_v%C3%A4ravatorn.jpg)
Populated places
[edit]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.
References
[edit]- ^ "Päring kohanimeandmebaasist. Eesti kohanimed". www.eki.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 3 February 2022.