Rakke 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
Väike-Maarja Parish
Väike-Maarja Parish () is a rural municipality of Estonia, in Lääne-Viru County. It has a population of 5,421 (as of 1 January 2009) and an area of 457.39 km².
Settlements
;Small boroughs
Kiltsi, Rakke, Simuna, Väike-Maarja
;Village ...
,
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 ...
,
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 ...
. Rakke has a population of 1015.
Before the
2017 Administrative Reform, Rakke was the administrative centre of
Rakke Parish
Rakke Parish () was a rural municipality of Estonia, in Lääne-Viru County. It had a population of 1924 (2006) and an area of .
Settlements
Rakke Parish had 1 small borough and 30 villages.
;Small borough:
Rakke
;Villages:
Ao - Edru - E ...
.
Notable people
*
Õnne Kurg (born 1973), cross-country skier, born in Rakke
*
Hugo Raudsepp
Hugo Raudsepp (10 July 1883 – 15 September 1952) was an influential and prolific Estonian playwright and politician. Cody, Sprinchorn 2007, p. 428. In 1951 he was deported to the Irkutsk region by the Soviet authorities, where he died. Raun 200 ...
(1883–1952), writer, worked in Rakke in his youth
*
Marta Sillaots (1887–1969), writer, translator, and literary critic, born in Rakke
References
Boroughs and small boroughs in Estonia
Kreis Wierland
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