Saku Parish Explained

Saku Parish
Native Name:Saku vald
Settlement Type:Municipality of Estonia
Flag Size:85px
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Estonia
Subdivision Type1:County
Subdivision Name1: Harju County
Seat Type:Administrative centre
Seat:Saku
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Kuno Rooba
Area Total Km2:171.13
Population Total:8031
Population As Of:2006
Population Density Km2:auto
Website:www.sakuvald.ee
Iso Code:EE-719

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.

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:https://web.archive.org/web/20131016213857/http://www.worldbandy.com/members.asp?pageID=11

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.mofa.go.jp/press/release/press6e_000255.html Foreign Minister’s Commendations for FY 2020 | Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
  2. https://www.mofa.go.jp/files/100120947.pdf Foreign Minister’s Commendations for FY 2020 (Groups) | Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan