Seli (sometimes called also as ''Selimäe'', literally ''Hill of Seli'') is a

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

Rae Parish Rae Parish ( et, Rae vald) is a rural 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 population density is . Settle ...

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 sou ...

in northern

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. It is a 3.5 kilometres long chain-like village along Vaida– Pajupea road (road nr 11201). Seli has a population of 24 (as of 1 January 2010). The administrative territory of the village includes Limu Lake, and eastern border of the village goes along

Leivajõgi Rivers of Estonia are short and mostly have small discharge. Only 10 rivers are longer than 100 km. The largest river is Narva (length 77 km) on the Estonian–Russian border, whose average discharge is larger than that of all other riv ...

River. The latters are connected with a 1 kilometre long Trummi ditch. At the Vaida side of the village ''Kiviluks Ltd'' operates Seli

gravel Gravel is a loose aggregation of rock fragments. Gravel occurs naturally throughout the world as a result of sedimentary and erosive geologic processes; it is also produced in large quantities commercially as crushed stone. Gravel is classif ...

mine. Because of this many artificial ponds have been created. On an 1844-issued map ''Generalcharte von Ehstland'' the village has been shown as ''Sellimae''. On an 1881-issued map ''Karte von Ehstland'' the place has been shown as ''Selli''. In 1883 issued one of the first

Estonian language Estonian ( ) is a Finnic language, written in the Latin script. It is the official language of Estonia and one of the official languages of the European Union, spoken natively by about 1.1 million people; 922,000 people in Estonia and 16 ...

map ''Eestimaa kaart'' (issued by ''

Olevik ''Olevik'' ( Estonian: ''Present Time'') was a weekly newspaper published in Tartu, Estonia. The paper existed between 1882 and 1915. History and profile ''Olevik'' was established in 1882. The paper was owned and edited by Ado Grenzstein. It wa ...

'' newspaper) shows the name of the village also as ''Selli''.

PopulationRae vallavalitsuse kodulehekülg

References

Villages in Harju County {{harju-geo-stub