Jõelähtme Parish

Municipality of Estonia
Municipality of Estonia in Harju County
Jõelähtme Parish
Jõelähtme vald
Municipality of Estonia
Jägala Falls
Jägala Falls
Flag of Jõelähtme Parish
Flag
Coat of arms of Jõelähtme Parish
Coat of arms
Jõelähtme Parish within Harju County.
Jõelähtme Parish within Harju County.
Country Estonia
County Harju County
Administrative centreJõelähtme
Government
 • MayorAndrus Umboja
Area
 • Total210.86 km2 (81.41 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)
 • Total6,969[1]
ISO 3166 codeEE-245
Websitewww.joelahtme.ee

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

Local government

Current mayor (vallavanem) is Andrus Umboja[3] and chairman of the council (volikogu esimees) is Art Kuum.[4]

Religion

Religion in Jõelähtme Parish (2021) [1]

  Unaffiliated (76.6%)
  Orthodox (11.4%)
  Lutheran (8.3%)
  Others Christians (0.9%)
  Others Religions orUnknown (2.8%)

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

Drone video of stone cist graves in Jõelähtme

Gallery

References

  1. ^ "Population by sex, age and place of residence after the 2017 administrative reform, 1 January". Statistics Estonia. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
  2. ^ "Population figure and composition". Statistics Estonia. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
  3. ^ "Vallavalitsus" (in Estonian). Jõelähtme Vallavalitsus. Retrieved 11 December 2009.
  4. ^ "Vallavolikogu koosseis" (in Estonian). Jõelähtme Vallavalitsus. Retrieved 11 December 2009.

External links

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

59°27′N 25°08′E / 59.450°N 25.133°E / 59.450; 25.133

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