Tapa Parish (original) (raw)

Municipality of Estonia (2017)

Municipality of Estonia in Lääne-Viru County

Tapa Parish Tapa vald
Municipality of Estonia
Jäneda manorJäneda manor
Flag of Tapa ParishFlagCoat of arms of Tapa ParishCoat of arms
Tapa Parish within Lääne-Viru County.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.

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 in Tapa Parish (2021) [1]

  1. Unaffiliated (76%)
  2. Orthodox (11.3%)
  3. Lutheran (5.7%)
  4. Others Christians (2.9%)
  5. Others Religions or Unknown (4.1%)
  6. 0.00%

Chairman of the Council (Estonian: volikogu esimees):

Mayor (Estonian: vallavanem):

Porkuni Castle

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.

  1. ^ "Päring kohanimeandmebaasist. Eesti kohanimed". www.eki.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 3 February 2022.

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