Tapa Parish

Tapa Parish Tapa vald
Municipality of Estonia
Jäneda manor
Flag Coat of arms
Tapa Parish within Lääne-Viru County.
Country	Estonia
County	Lääne-Viru County
Administrative centre	Tapa
Government
• Mayor	Riho Tell
Area
• Total	480 km2 (190 sq mi)
Population  (2018)
• Total	11,049
• Density	23/km2 (60/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code	EE-792
Website	www.tapa.ee

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

Religion

Religion in Tapa Parish (2021) [1]

  Unaffiliated (76.0%)

  Orthodox (11.3%)

  Lutheran (5.7%)

  Others Christians (2.9%)

  Others Religions or Unknown (4.1%)

Local government

Chairman of the Council (Estonian: volikogu esimees):

• 2017-2018 - Toomas Uudeberg
• from 2018 - Maksim Butšenkov

Mayor (Estonian: vallavanem):

• 2017-2018 - Alari Kirt
• from 2018 - Riho Tell

Geography

Porkuni Castle

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.

External links

• Official website