Lagedi is a
small borough ( et, alevik) in
Rae Parish
Rae Parish ( et, Rae vald) is a rural Municipalities of Estonia, municipality in northern Estonia. It is a part of Harju County. The municipality has a population of 17,967 (as of 1 January 2018) and covers an area of 206.7 km². The populat ...
,
Harju County
Harju County ( et, Harju maakond or ''Harjumaa''), is one of the fifteen counties of Estonia. It is situated in Northern Estonia, on the southern coast of the Gulf of Finland, and borders Lääne-Viru County to the east, Järva County to the so ...
, northern
Estonia
Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...
. As of
2011 Census, the settlement's population was 953.
Lagedi has a station on the
Elron's eastern route.
Lagedi was the site of a slave-labor camp during German occupation in
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...
. It was a satellite camp from the
Vaivara concentration camp and mass executions of Jews took place in Lagedi.
References
External links
Rae Parish
Boroughs and small boroughs in Estonia
Holocaust locations in Estonia
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