Rakvere Parish () is a rural
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
of
Estonia
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, in
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 ...
. Rakvere municipality surrounds the city of
Rakvere
Rakvere is the administrative center, or county seat, of Lääne-Viru County in northern Estonia, about 100 km southeast of Tallinn and 20 km south of the Gulf of Finland and the Baltic Sea.
Rakvere boasts a distinctive architectural feature: th ...
and is located in north east
Estonia
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. The shape of the municipality resembles to a butterfly. Rakvere Parish is one of the smallest local governments in
Estonia
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in terms of population, being the 54th largest local government (in Estonia is 79 local governments).
Settlements
Rakvere Parish has 4 small boroughs and 47 villages.
;Small borough
Lepna,
Näpi,
Sõmeru and
Uhtna.
;Villages
Aluvere,
Andja,
Aresi,
Arkna,
Eesküla,
Järni,
Jäätma,
Kaarli,
Karitsa,
Karivärava,
Karunga,
Katela,
Katku,
Kloodi,
Kohala,
Kohala-Eesküla,
Koovälja,
Kullaaru,
Kõrgemäe,
Lasila,
Levala,
Muru,
Mädapea,
Nurme,
Paatna,
Papiaru,
Päide,
Rahkla,
Raudlepa,
Raudvere,
Roodevälja,
Rägavere,
Sooaluse,
Sämi,
Sämi-Tagaküla,
Taaravainu,
Tobia,
Toomla,
Tõrma,
Tõrremäe,
Ubja,
Ussimäe,
Vaeküla,
Varudi-Altküla,
Varudi-Vanaküla,
Veltsi and
Võhma
Võhma is a List of cities and towns in Estonia, town in Põhja-Sakala Parish, Viljandi County, central Estonia.
History
The settlement dates to the sixteenth century. The German-language name of the town was Wöchma. It began to grow when a ra ...
.
Religion
Geography
Rakvere Parish is a parish with diverse landscape and landforms. There are karst areas,
karst rivers and beautiful natural stands. Two rivers -
Selja and
Kunda - passes through municipality. In the municipality is lake Päide.
Transport
Tallinn-Narva highway passes the municipality. This highway is part of the
European route E20
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Its length is but it is not continuous; at three points, a ...
. The
Tallinn-Narva railway passes also the municipality but closest train station is in
Rakvere
Rakvere is the administrative center, or county seat, of Lääne-Viru County in northern Estonia, about 100 km southeast of Tallinn and 20 km south of the Gulf of Finland and the Baltic Sea.
Rakvere boasts a distinctive architectural feature: th ...
. By bus is also best connection with
Rakvere
Rakvere is the administrative center, or county seat, of Lääne-Viru County in northern Estonia, about 100 km southeast of Tallinn and 20 km south of the Gulf of Finland and the Baltic Sea.
Rakvere boasts a distinctive architectural feature: th ...
.
Closest port that is cargo port is in
Kunda.
Main landmarks
In the municipality is 8 manors that are mostly privately owned:
Rägavere,
Vaeküla,
Uhtna,
Kohala,
Arkna,
Mädapea,
Lasila,
Kloodi.
References
External links
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