Tapa Parish

Tapa Parish Tapa vald
Municipality of Estonia
Flag Coat of arms
Tapa Parish within Lääne-Viru County.
Country	Estonia
County	Lääne-Viru County
Administrative centre	Tapa
Government
• Mayor	Alari Kirt
Area
• Total	262.8 km^2 (101.5 sq mi)
Population (2014)
• Total	7,849
• Density	30/km^2 (77/sq mi)
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 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
• from 2013 - Urmas Roosimägi

Mayor (Estonian: vallavanem):

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

Geography

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.

External links

• Official website

Coordinates: 59°16′00″N 25°57′00″E / 59.266667°N 25.95°E