Ulvi is a village 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 ...

, in northeastern

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. It's located about 16 km east of the town 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 about west of

Kiviõli Kiviõli ( ; ) is an industrial town in Ida-Viru County, Estonia, established in 1922. The main industry in the town is oil shale Oil shale is an organic-rich Granularity, fine-grained sedimentary rock containing kerogen (a solid mixture ...

, in

Vinni Parish Vinni Parish () is a rural municipality of Estonia, in Lääne-Viru County. It has a population of 5,630 () and an area of . Settlements There are 6 small boroughs: Laekvere, Pajusti, Roela, Tudu, Vinni, Viru-Jaagupi, and 37 villages, incl ...

. Prior to the 2017 administrative reform of Estonian municipalities, Ulvi was the administrative centre of

Rägavere Parish Rägavere Parish () was a rural municipality of Estonia, in Lääne-Viru County. It had a population of 993 (2006) and an area of 173.74 km². Villages Aarla, Aasuvälja, Kantküla, Kõrma, Lavi, Männikvälja, Miila, Mõedaka, Nõ ...

. The village has a population of 341 (as of 1 January 2010). Ulvi Manor () was first mentioned in 1489. In the 18th century it belonged to the Clapier de Colongue family and from 1803 to von Winkler. The last owner was Alexander von Winkler who owned the manor until 1939. The main building is constructed in two stages. In the 1880s, a two-storey historicist extension with a tower was added to the simple single-storey main building. Nowadays the building is used as the local government of

. Ulvi is bordered by the Kunda River on its western side. File:Ulvi mõis, 2009.jpg, Ulvi Manor File:Ulvi mõis, Sprengler.jpg, Ulvi Manor in 1894.

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Rägavere Parish

Ulvi Manor
at Estonian Manors Portal Villages in Lääne-Viru County {{LääneViru-geo-stub