Jõgeva (rural municipality)

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Jõgeva
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State : EstoniaEstonia Estonia
Circle : Jõgevamaa lipp.svg Jõgeva
Coordinates : 58 ° 49 ′  N , 26 ° 18 ′  E Coordinates: 58 ° 49 ′  N , 26 ° 18 ′  E
Area : 458  km²
 
Residents : 5,223 (2010)
Population density : 11 inhabitants per km²
Time zone : EET (UTC + 2)
 
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Map of Estonia, position of Jõgeva highlighted

The rural community Jõgeva (Estonian: Jõgeva vald , German also: Laisholm district ) is a rural community in the Estonian Jõgeva district . It surrounds the city ​​of the same name, Jõgeva .

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There are five large villages (Estonian alevikud ) and 36 villages (Estonian külad ) in the rural municipality of Jõgeva .

The big villages are called:

  • Jõgeva (German: Laisholm)
  • Vaimastvere (German: Waimastfer)
  • Siimusti (German: Simus)
  • Laiuse (German: Lais)
  • Kuremaa (German: Jensel)

history

Two places in the municipality hold a special place in the history of Estonia.

On the then Gut Kärde ( Swedish Kardis , Russian Кардис) was on June 21 . / July 1, 1661 greg. the peace signed by Kardis - it sealed the Russo-Swedish War . Accordingly, the Russian tsarist empire had to cede the eastern areas of today's Estonia and Latvia to the Swedish crown.

During the Northern War, the Swedish King Charles XII wintered . 1700/1701 in the castle of Laiuse .