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Sõmeru Parish () was 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 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 ...
, 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 ...
. It had a population of 3,885 (2006) and an area of 168.29 km².


Settlements

Sõmeru Parish had 3 small boroughs,
Näpi Näpi is an alevik (borough) in Rakvere Parish, Lääne-Viru County, Northern Estonia. Prior to the Administrative reform in Estonia, 2017 administrative reform of local governments, Näpi was part of Sõmeru Parish. References

Popula ...
,
Sõmeru Sõmeru () is a small borough () in Lääne-Viru County, in northeastern Estonia. It is located about 4 km east of the town of Rakvere. Sõmeru is the administrative centre of Rakvere Parish Rakvere Parish () is a rural municipality of Eston ...
and Uhtna and 28 villages: Aluvere, Andja, Aresi, Jäätma, Kaarli, Katela, Katku, Kohala, Kohala-Eesküla,
Koovälja Koovälja is a village in Rakvere Parish, Lääne-Viru County, 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 ...
, Muru, Nurme, Papiaru, Rahkla, Raudlepa, Raudvere, Roodevälja, Rägavere, Sooaluse,
Sämi Sämi is a village in Rakvere Parish, Lääne-Viru County, in northeastern Estonia. It is located on the Tallinn–Narva highway ( E20), about east of the town of Rakvere Rakvere is the administrative center, or county seat, of Lääne-Viru ...
, Sämi-Tagaküla, Toomla, Ubja,
Ussimäe Ussimäe is a village in Rakvere Parish, Lääne-Viru County, in northeastern Estonia. (retrieved 28 July 2021) Actress Elina Pähklimägi Elina Pähklimägi (credited as Elina Purde between 2014–2022; born 7 February 1983) is an Estonian st ...
, Vaeküla, Varudi-Altküla, Varudi-Vanaküla,
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 ...
.


People

Sõmeru Parish is the birthplace of artist Endel Ruberg (1917–1989).


References


External links

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