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Tapa Parish

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Country
  
Estonia

Administrative centre
  
Tapa

Area
  
262.8 km²

Local time
  
Sunday 9:41 PM

County
  
Lääne-Viru County

Website
  
www.tapa.ee

Population
  
7,849 (2014)

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Weather
  
6°C, Wind W at 29 km/h, 71% Humidity

Points of interest
  
Jäneda mõis, Tapa muuseum, Kalijärv, Lehtse mõis

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

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Map of Tapa, L%C3%A4%C3%A4ne-Viru County, Estonia

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 in October 2005 by merging the town of Tapa with Lehtse and Saksi rural municipalities.

Local government

Chairman of the Council (Estonian: volikogu esimees):

  • 2005-2009 - Aleksander Sile
  • 2009-2013 - Urmas Roosimägi
  • 2013-2016 - Urmas Roosimägi
  • from 2016 - Reigo Tamm
  • Mayor (Estonian: vallavanem):

  • 2005-2009 - Kuno Rooba
  • 2009-2013 - Alari Kirt
  • from 2013 - Alari Kirt
  • Populated places

    There is one town Tapa, one small borough Lehtse and 25 villages: Imastu, Jootme, Jäneda, Karkuse, Kuru, Kõrveküla, Linnape, Loksu, Lokuta, Läpi, Läste, Moe, Nõmmküla, Näo, Patika, Piilu, Pruuna, Rabasaare, Raudla, Rägavere, Räsna, Saiakopli, Saksi, Tõõrakõrve, Vahakulmu.

    References

    Tapa Parish Wikipedia