Aseri Explained

Aseri
Settlement Type:Small borough
Pushpin Map:Estonia
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Estonia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Estonia
Subdivision Type1:County
Subdivision Name1: Lääne-Viru County
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Subdivision Name2:Viru-Nigula Parish
Population Total:1439
Population As Of:2011 Census

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Number and share of Estonians by place of residence (settlement). Statistics Estonia. 31 May 2013. 31 December 2011.
  2. Book: 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. 1496. 978-0-253-35328-3.