Kallavere

Village in Estonia
Village in Harju County, Estonia
59°29′00″N 25°02′36″E / 59.48333°N 25.04333°E / 59.48333; 25.04333Country EstoniaCounty Harju CountyMunicipality Jõelähtme ParishFirst mentioned1241Population
 (01.01.2010[1])
 • Total142

Kallavere is a village in Jõelähtme Parish, Harju County in northern Estonia.[2] It's located about 17 km (11 mi) northeast of Tallinn, just east of Kallavere, the main part the town of Maardu. Kallavere village has a population of 142 (as of 1 January 2010).[1]

The village is entirely located on the Rebala Heritage Reserve.

Kallavere was first mentioned in the Danish Census Book in 1241. But it's also possible that Kallavere was already mentioned in 1154 by al-Idrisi as Qlwry.

In the 1950s a new housing estate was built on the former lands of Kallavere village on the western part which administratively went under the rule of the town Maardu but also bears the name of Kallavere.

On 19 April 2010 part of the northern part of the village was detached to establish a new official village Saviranna.[3]

Notable people

  • Margus Metstak (born 1961), basketball player[4]
Kallavere upper lighthouse

References

  1. ^ a b "Elanike arv külade kaupa 01.01.2010" (in Estonian). Jõelahtme vald. Archived from the original on 2011-01-02.
  2. ^ Classification of Estonian administrative units and settlements 2014 (retrieved 27 July 2021)
  3. ^ "Muudatused vallasiseste linnade, alevite, alevik ja külade nimistus" (in Estonian). EKI Place Names Board.
  4. ^ Paju, Tarmo (2007-02-05). "Hämmastav Metstak ei leia endas midagi hämmastavat" (in Estonian). Õhtuleht.


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