Tapa Parish
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| County | Lääne-Viru County | ||||
| Area | 264.33 km² | ||||
| Population (as of 2008) - Density |
8,894 33.65/km² |
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| Administrative Centre - Coordinates |
Tapa 59°16' N 25°57' E |
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 Tapa Parish within Lääne-Viru County |
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Tapa Parish (Estonian: Tapa vald) is a rural municipality in Lääne-Viru County in northern Estonia. On January 1, 2008, the parish had 8,894 residents, down from 9,067 one year earlier.
The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Tapa. It is located 70 km to east of Estonia's capital, Tallinn.
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[edit] History
Tapa Parish was established in October 2005 by merging the town of Tapa with surrounding rural municipalities.
[edit] Local government
Current chairman of the council (Estonian: volikogu esimees) is Aleksander Sile.
Current mayor (Estonian: vallavanem) is Kuno Rooba.
[edit] Geography
[edit] Populated places
There are the town of Tapa, the small borough of Lehtse and 25 villages in Tapa Parish.
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