Jõelähtme Parish

Jõelähtme Parish Jõelähtme vald
Municipality of Estonia
Jägala Falls
Flag Coat of arms
Jõelähtme Parish within Harju County.
Country	Estonia
County	Harju County
Administrative centre	Jõelähtme
Government
• Mayor	Andrus Umboja
Area
• Total	210.86 km^2 (81.41 sq mi)
Population  (2022)
• Total	6,969[1]
ISO 3166 code	EE-245
Website	www.joelahtme.ee

Jõelähtme Parish (Estonian: Jõelähtme vald) is a municipality in Estonia. It was established in 1992 and is administratively part of the Harju County, in northwestern Estonia. The parish has a population of 6,969 and an area of 210.86 km² (81.41 sq mi), the population density is 25.3770/km² (65.726/sq mi)^[2]

The administrative centre of Jõelähtme Parish is the village of Jõelähtme. It is located 20 km east from the centre of Estonia's capital, Tallinn.

Local government

Current mayor (vallavanem) is Andrus Umboja^[3] and chairman of the council (volikogu esimees) is Art Kuum.^[4]

Religion

Religion in Jõelähtme Parish (2021) [1]

1. Unaffiliated (76.6%)
2. Orthodox (11.4%)
3. Lutheran (8.3%)
4. Others Christians (0.9%)
5. Others Religions orUnknown (2.8%)
6. 0.00%

Geography

Settlements

There are 2 small boroughs (est: alevikud, sg. - alevik) and 34 villages (est: külad, sg. - küla) in Jõelähtme Parish.

Small boroughs: Kostivere, Loo.

Villages: Aruaru, Haapse, Haljava, Ihasalu, Iru, Jägala, Jägala-Joa, Jõelähtme, Jõesuu, Kaberneeme, Kallavere, Koila, Koipsi, Koogi, Kostiranna, Kullamäe, Liivamäe, Loo, Maardu, Manniva, Neeme, Nehatu, Parasmäe, Rammu, Rebala, Rohusi, Ruu, Saha, Sambu, Saviranna, Ülgase, Uusküla, Vandjala, Võerdla.

Landmarks

Drone video of stone cist graves in Jõelähtme

• Jägala Falls
• Rebala Heritage Reserve
• Kostivere karst area
• Jõelähtme church
• Kaberneeme beach
• Kalevi-Liiva memorial
• Ülgase caves

Gallery

• 
  Saha chapel
• 
  Bronze Age stone cist graves
• 
  Ihasalu
• 
  Kostivere
• 
  Jõelähtme church
• 
  Linnamäe hydroelectric power plant
• 
  Jägala Falls
• 
  Memorial at Kalevi-Liiva
• 
  Monument to the Estonian War of Independence
• 
  Maardu manor house
• 
  Ülgase caves
• 
  Rammu Island
• 
  Mouth of the Jägala river

References

1. "Population by sex, age and place of residence after the 2017 administrative reform, 1 January". Statistics Estonia. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
2. "Population figure and composition". Statistics Estonia. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
3. "Vallavalitsus" (in Estonian). Jõelähtme Vallavalitsus. Retrieved 11 December 2009.
4. "Vallavolikogu koosseis" (in Estonian). Jõelähtme Vallavalitsus. Retrieved 11 December 2009.

External links

• Official website (in Estonian)
• Map of Jõelähtme Parish
• Non-official public forum (in Estonian)

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