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Jõelähtme Parish
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Jõelähtme Parish (Estonian: Jõelähtme vald) is a municipality in Estonia. It was established in 1992 and is administratively part of the Harju County, in northwestern Estonia. The parish has a population of 6,969 and an area of 210.86 km2 (81.41 sq mi), the population density is 25.3770/km2 (65.726/sq mi)[2]
The administrative centre of Jõelähtme Parish is the village of Jõelähtme. It is located 20 km east from the centre of Estonia's capital, Tallinn.
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Local government
Current mayor (vallavanem) is Andrus Umboja[3] and chairman of the council (volikogu esimees) is Art Kuum.[4]
Religion
Geography
Settlements
There are 2 small boroughs (est: alevikud, sg. - alevik) and 34 villages (est: külad, sg. - küla) in Jõelähtme Parish.
Small boroughs: Kostivere, Loo.
Villages: Aruaru, Haapse, Haljava, Ihasalu, Iru, Jägala, Jägala-Joa, Jõelähtme, Jõesuu, Kaberneeme, Kallavere, Koila, Koipsi, Koogi, Kostiranna, Kullamäe, Liivamäe, Loo, Maardu, Manniva, Neeme, Nehatu, Parasmäe, Rammu, Rebala, Rohusi, Ruu, Saha, Sambu, Saviranna, Ülgase, Uusküla, Vandjala, Võerdla.
Landmarks
- Jägala Falls
- Rebala Heritage Reserve
- Kostivere karst area
- Jõelähtme church
- Kaberneeme beach
- Kalevi-Liiva memorial
- Ülgase caves
Gallery
- Saha chapel
- Bronze Age stone cist graves
- Jõelähtme church
- Linnamäe hydroelectric power plant
- Memorial at Kalevi-Liiva
- Monument to the Estonian War of Independence
- Maardu manor house
- Ülgase caves
- Rammu Island
- Mouth of the Jägala river
References
External links
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