Jõgeva (rural municipality)
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State : | Estonia | ||
Circle : | Jõgeva | ||
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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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 .
structure
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 .