Tapa Parish Explained

Tapa Parish
Native Name:Tapa vald
Settlement Type:Municipality of Estonia
Flag Size:125px
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Estonia
Subdivision Type1:County
Subdivision Name1: Lääne-Viru County
Seat Type:Administrative centre
Seat:Tapa
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Riho Tell
Area Total Km2:480
Population Total:11049
Population As Of:2018
Population Density Km2:auto
Website:www.tapa.ee
Iso Code:EE-792

Tapa Parish (Estonian: Tapa vald) is a rural municipality in Lääne-Viru County in northern Estonia.[1]

The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Tapa. It is located 70 km east of Estonia's capital, Tallinn.

History

Tapa Parish was established by merging in October 2005 the town of Tapa with Lehtse and Saksi rural municipalities and in October 2017 the Tapa and Tamsalu rural municipalities.

Local government

Chairman of the Council (Estonian: volikogu esimees):

Mayor (Estonian: vallavanem):

Geography

Populated places

There are two towns Tapa and Tamsalu, one small borough Lehtse and 55 villages: Aavere, Alupere, Araski, Assamalla, Imastu, Jootme, Jäneda, Järsi, Järvajõe, Kadapiku, Kaeva, Karkuse, Kerguta, Koiduküla, Koplitaguse, Kuie, Kullenga, Kursi, Kuru, Kõrveküla, Lemmküla, Linnape, Loksa, Loksu, Lokuta, Läpi, Läste, Metskaevu, Moe, Naistevälja, Nõmmküla, Näo, Patika, Piilu, Piisupi, Porkuni, Pruuna, Põdrangu, Rabasaare, Raudla, Rägavere, Räsna, Saiakopli, Saksi, Sauvälja, Savalduma, Tõõrakõrve, Türje, Uudeküla, Vadiküla, Vahakulmu, Vajangu, Vistla, Võhmetu, Võhmuta.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Päring kohanimeandmebaasist. Eesti kohanimed . www.eki.ee . 3 February 2022 . et-ee.