Saku Parish

Municipality of Estonia

Municipality of Estonia in Harju County

Saku Parish Saku vald
Municipality of Estonia
Saku brewery
Flag Coat of arms
Saku Parish within Harju County.
Country	Estonia
County	Harju County
Administrative centre	Saku
Government
• Mayor	Kuno Rooba
Area
• Total	171.13 km² (66.07 sq mi)
Population (2006)
• Total	8,031
• Density	47/km² (120/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code	EE-719
Website	www.sakuvald.ee

Saku Parish (Estonian: Saku vald) is a rural municipality in Harju County, north-western Estonia.

The administrative centre of Saku Parish is Saku; a small town with population of 4,618 (as of 2005). It is situated 10 km south of Estonia's capital, Tallinn.

History

Established in 1866.

Awarded the Japanese Foreign Minister’s Commendation for their contributions to promotion of mutual understanding between Estonia and Japan on December 1, 2020.^[1]^[2]

Local government

Current chairman of the council (est: volikogu esimees) is Eero Alamaa.

As of 2018, the mayor (est: vallavanem) is Marti Rehemaa.

Religion

Religion in Saku Parish (2021) [1]

Unaffiliated (80.7%)

Lutheran (10.5%)

Orthodox (2.9%)

Others Christians (3.1%)

Others Religions or Unknown (2.8%)

Geography

Populated places

There are 2 small towns (est: alevikud, sg. alevik) and 19 villages (est: külad, sg. küla) in Saku Parish.

Small towns: Kiisa, Saku.

Villages: Jälgimäe, Juuliku, Kajamaa, Kasemetsa, Kirdalu, Kurtna, Lokuti, Männiku, Metsanurme, Rahula, Roobuka, Saue, Saustinõmme, Sookaera-Metsanurga, Tänassilma, Tagadi, Tammemäe, Tõdva, Üksnurme.

Sport

Kurtna is home to Bandy Federation of Estonia:[2]

References

^ Foreign Minister’s Commendations for FY 2020 | Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
^ Foreign Minister’s Commendations for FY 2020 (Groups) | Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan