Tapa Parish

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Tapa Parish Tapa vald
Municipality of Estonia
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

Religion in Tapa Parish (2021) [1]

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

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

External links

Official website

59°16′00″N 25°57′00″E / 59.266667°N 25.95°E / 59.266667; 25.95

v t e Municipalities of Lääne-Viru County
Urban municipalities	Rakvere
Rural municipalities	Haljala Kadrina Rakvere Tapa Väike-Maarja Vinni Viru-Nigula