Tamsalu is a town in

Tapa Parish Tapa Parish () is a Municipalities of Estonia, rural municipality in Lääne-Viru County in northern Estonia. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Tapa, Estonia, Tapa. It is located 70 km east of Estonia's Capital ( ...

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. The town has a station on the Tallinn-Tartu railway. As of December 31, 2021, the town had a population of 2415.

History

The settlement was first mentioned in 1512, but remained an insignificant village until 1876, when the Tallinn-Tartu railway was built. The settlement became a town in 1996. Before the administrative reform in 2017, the town was the administrative center of the former

Tamsalu Parish Tamsalu Parish () was a rural municipality of Estonia, in Lääne-Viru County. It had a population of 3,726 (as of 2017) and an area of 214.61 km2. Settlements ;Town Tamsalu ;Small borough Sääse ;Villages Aavere, Alupere, Araski, Ass ...

Demographics

Notable people

* Marko Pomerants, former Estonian Minister of Social Affairs (April 10, 2003 – April 13, 2005), former Estonian Minister of the Interior (July 3, 2009 – April 5, 2011), former Estonian Minister of the Environment (April 9, 2015 – June 12, 2017), Member of the Estonian Parliament.

Gallery

Tamsalu kirik.jpg, Tamsalu church Tamsalu Kultuurimaja.jpg, Tamsalu House of Culture Tamsalu, Lääne-Viru County, Estonia - panoramio.jpg,

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Cities and towns in Estonia Former municipalities of Estonia Kreis Jerwen {{Lääne-Viru-geo-stub