Tapa Parish
Tapa Parish
Tapa vald | |
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Country | Estonia |
County | Lääne-Viru County |
Administrative centre | Tapa |
Government | |
• Mayor | Riho Tell |
Area | |
• Total | 480 km2 (190 sq mi) |
Population (2018) | |
• Total | 11.049 |
• Density | 0.023/km2 (0.060/sq mi) |
ISO 3166 code | EE-792 |
Website | www.tapa.ee |
Tapa Parish (Estonian: Tapa vald) is a rural municipality in Lääne-Viru County in northern Estonia.
The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Tapa. It is located 70 km east of Estonia's capital, Tallinn.
History[]
Tapa Parish was established by merging in October 2005 the town of Tapa with Lehtse and Saksi rural municipalities and in October 2017 the Tapa and Tamsalu rural municipalities.
Local government[]
Chairman of the Council (Estonian: volikogu esimees):
- 2017-2018 - Toomas Uudeberg
- from 2018 - Maksim Butšenkov
Mayor (Estonian: vallavanem):
- 2017-2018 - Alari Kirt
- from 2018 - Riho Tell
Geography[]
Populated places[]
There is two towns Tapa and Tamsalu, two small boroughs Lehtse and Sääse and 55 villages: Aavere, Alupere, Araski, Assamalla, Imastu, Jootme, Jäneda, Järsi, Järvajõe, Kadapiku, Kaeva, Karkuse, Kerguta, Koiduküla, Koplitaguse, Kuie, Kullenga, Kursi, Kuru, Kõrveküla, Lemmküla, Linnape, Loksa, Loksu, Lokuta, Läpi, Läste, Metskaevu, Moe, Naistevälja, Nõmmküla, Näo, Patika, Piilu, Piisupi, Porkuni, Pruuna, Põdrangu, Rabasaare, Raudla, Rägavere, Räsna, Saiakopli, Saksi, Sauvälja, Savalduma, Tõõrakõrve, Türje, Uudeküla, Vadiküla, Vahakulmu, Vajangu, Vistla, Võhmetu, Võhmuta.
External links[]
- Tapa Parish