Aseri
Borough in Estonia
Small borough in Lääne-Viru County, Estonia
59°27′05″N 26°51′55″E / 59.45139°N 26.86528°E / 59.45139; 26.86528 (2011 Census[1])
Aseri is a small borough (Estonian: alevik) in Viru-Nigula Parish, Lääne-Viru County, in northeastern Estonia. As of the 2011 census, the settlement's population was 1,439, of which the Estonians were 506 (35.2%).[1]
During the German occupation of Estonia (World War II), the occupiers operated a subcamp of the Vaivara concentration camp, in which Frenchmen, Spaniards, Dutchmen and Jews were subjected to forced labour.[2]
Notable people
- Melanie Kukk [et] (1903–2000), artist
- Sulev Oll (born 1964), journalist
References
- ^ a b "Number and share of Estonians by place of residence (settlement)". Statistics Estonia. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
- ^ Megargee, Geoffrey P. (2009). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos 1933–1945. Volume I. Indiana University Press, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. p. 1496. ISBN 978-0-253-35328-3.
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- Viru-Nigula
- Aasukalda
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- Iila
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- Kaliküla
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- Kanguristi
- Kestla
- Kiviküla
- Koila
- Koogu
- Kõrkküla
- Kõrtsialuse
- Kunda
- Kurna
- Kutsala
- Kuura
- Letipea
- Linnuse
- Mahu
- Malla
- Marinu - Metsavälja
- Nugeri
- Ojaküla
- Oru
- Paasküla
- Pada
- Pada-Aruküla
- Pärna
- Pikaristi
- Rannu
- Samma
- Selja
- Siberi
- Simunamäe
- Toomika
- Tüükri
- Unukse
- Varudi
- Vasta
- Villavere
- Võrkla
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