Mahtra () is a village in
Rapla Parish
Rapla Parish () is an Estonian municipality located in Rapla County. It has a population of 13,193 (as of 1 January 2019) and an area of 859 km2.
Settlements
;Town:
Rapla
;Small boroughs:
Alu - Hagudi - Kaiu - Kuusiku
;Villages:
Äherd ...
,
Rapla County
Rapla County ( or ''Raplamaa'') is one of the fifteen counties of Estonia. It is situated in the north-western part of the country and borders Järva County to the east, Pärnu County to the south, Lääne County to the west, and Harju County to ...
,
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 ...
. It has a population of 92 (as of 1 January 2010).
Between 1991 and 2017 (until the administrative reform of Estonian municipalities) the village was located in
Juuru Parish
Juuru Parish () is a former Estonian municipality located in Rapla County. It had a population of 1,627 (as of 31 March 2006) and an area of 152.4 km².
In 2017, Juuru Parish was merged into Rapla Parish.
Settlements
Juuru Parish has one s ...
.
In 1858 a peasant insurgency called the
Mahtra War
The Mahtra War () was a peasant insurgency at Mahtra Manor (now in Rapla County, from Tallinn) in Estonia in the Russian Empire from May to July 1858.
The revolt was suppressed. Fourteen peasants were wounded and seven killed in the conflict, a ...
took place at the Mahtra Manor.
References
Villages in Rapla County
Kreis Harrien
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