Aseri () is a

small borough The following is a list of Populated places in Estonia, boroughs () and Populated places in Estonia, small boroughs () in Estonia. Boroughs *Aegviidu *Järva-Jaani *Järvakandi *Kiili *Kohila *Kohtla-Nõmme *Lavassaare *Märjamaa *Paikuse *Pärn ...

() in

Viru-Nigula Parish Viru-Nigula Parish () is a rural Municipalities of Estonia, municipality of Estonia, in Lääne-Viru County. It has a population of 1,293 (as of 1 January 2011) and an area of . Settlements ;Towns: Kunda, Estonia, Kunda ;Small boroughs: Aseri, ...

Lääne-Viru County Lääne-Viru County ( or ''Lääne-Virumaa'') is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It is in northern Estonia, on the south coast of the Gulf of Finland. In Estonian, ''lääne'' means western and ''ida'' means east or eastern. Lääne-Viru borders Id ...

, in northeastern

Estonia Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru ...

. As of the 2011 census, the settlement's population was 1,439, of which the

Estonians Estonians or Estonian people () are a Finnic ethnic group native to the Baltic Sea region in Northern Europe, primarily their nation state of Estonia. Estonians primarily speak the Estonian language, a language closely related to other Finni ...

were 506 (35.2%). There is a building materials factory in Aseri. A 3,200-year-old bronze ax has been found on the beach of Meriküla, only four Late Bronze Age axes have been found in Estonia so far. Aseri is named after the Aseri manor, which was first mentioned in 1367 under the name ''Asserien'', the manor belonged to the parish of

Lüganuse Lüganuse () is a small borough () in Ida-Viru County, northern Estonia. It is the administrative centre of Lüganuse Parish. As of the 2011 census, the settlement's population was 439, of which the Estonians Estonians or Estonian people () ...

, and in the 16th century these areas were merged with the parish of Viru-Nigula. During the German occupation of Estonia (

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

), the occupiers operated a subcamp of the

Vaivara concentration camp Vaivara was the largest of the 22 concentration and labor camps established in occupied Estonia by the Nazi regime during World War II. Some 20,000 Jewish prisoners passed through its gates, mostly from the Vilna and Kovno Ghettos, but also ...

, in which Frenchmen, Spaniards, Dutchmen and Jews were subjected to

forced labour Forced labour, or unfree labour, is any work relation, especially in modern or early modern history, in which people are employed against their will with the threat of destitution, detention, or violence, including death or other forms of ...

Notable people

* (1903–2000), artist * Sulev Oll (born 1964), journalist

Gallery

File:Kesktänav, Aseri 2.jpg File:Aseri.jpg File:Aseri Rahvamaja.jpg

References

Boroughs and small boroughs in Estonia Kreis Wierland {{Lääne-Viru-geo-stub