Tapa_Parish

Tapa Parish

Tapa Parish

Municipality of Estonia (2017)


Tapa Parish (Estonian: Tapa vald) is a rural municipality in Lääne-Viru County in northern Estonia.[1]

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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

Religion in Tapa Parish (2021)

  Unaffiliated (76.0%)
  Orthodox (11.3%)
  Lutheran (5.7%)
  Others Christians (2.9%)
  Others Religions or Unknown (4.1%)

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

Porkuni Castle

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.


References

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

59.266667°N 25.95°E / 59.266667; 25.95


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