Jõelähtme Parish

Jõelähtme Parish Jõelähtme vald
Municipality of Estonia
Jägala waterfall
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Jõelähtme Parish within Harju County.
Country	Estonia
County	Harju County
Administrative centre	Jõelähtme
Government
• Mayor	Andrus Umboja
Area
• Total	210.86 km^2 (81.41 sq mi)
Population (01.01.2012[1])
• Total	5,351
• Density	25/km^2 (66/sq mi)
Website	www.joelahtme.ee

Jõelähtme Parish (Estonian: Jõelähtme vald) is a rural municipality in Harju County, north-western Estonia. It ha a population of 5,351 (as of 1 January 2012) and an area of 210.86 km² (81.41 sq mi), the population density is 25.3770/km² (65.726/sq mi)^[1]

The administrative centre of Jõelähtme Parish is Jõelähtme village. It is located 20 km east from the centre of Estonia's capital, Tallinn.

History

Established in 1816.

During World War II, 6,000 Jews and Roma were murdered by Estonian Nazi collaborators under German supervision. Mass executions were carried out on sand dunes called Kalevi-Liiva where a memorial has been erected.

Local government

Current mayor (vallavanem) is Andrus Umboja^[2] and chairman of the council (volikogu esimees) is Art Kuum.^[3]

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 Waterfall
• Rebala Heritage Reserve
• Kostivere karst area
• Jõelähtme church
• Kaberneeme beach
• Kalevi-Liiva memorial
• Ülgase caves

Gallery

• 
  Bronze Age stone cist graves
• 
  Ihasalu
• 
  Kostivere
• 
  Jõelähtme church
• 
  Linnamäe hydroelectric power plant
• 
  Jägala Waterfall
• 
  Memorial at Kalevi-Liiva
• 
  Monument to the Estonian War of Independence
• 
  Maardu manor house
• 
  Ülgase caves
• 
  Rammu Island
• 
  Mouth of the Jägala river

References

1. "Population figure and composition". Statistics Estonia. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
2. "Vallavalitsus" (in Estonian). Jõelähtme Vallavalitsus http://www.joelahtme.ee. Retrieved 11 December 2009. External link in |publisher= (help)
3. "Vallavolikogu koosseis" (in Estonian). Jõelähtme Vallavalitsus http://www.joelahtme.ee. Retrieved 11 December 2009. External link in |publisher= (help)

External links

• Official website (in Estonian)
• Map of Jõelähtme Parish
• Non-official public forum (in Estonian)

Coordinates: 59°27′N 25°08′E / 59.450°N 25.133°E