Tapa (municipality)
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 Lääne-Viru
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| Coordinates : | 59 ° 16 ′ N , 25 ° 58 ′ E | ||
| Area : | 480 km² | ||
| Residents : | 11,049 (January 1, 2018) | ||
| Population density : | 23 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Time zone : | EET (UTC + 2) | ||
| Mayor : | Riho Tell | ||
| Postal address : | Pikk 15 45106 Tapa |
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Tapa (Eng. Taps ) is a municipality in the Estonian district of Lääne-Viru with an area of 480 km². It has 11,049 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2018).
history
At the end of 2005, the municipality of Tapa was created through the merger of the city of Tapa with the municipalities of Lehtse and Saksi . Another merger with the municipality of Tamsalu took place at the end of 2017.
Population development
| year | 2006 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
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| Residents | 8,953 | 8,453 | 8,325 | 8,221 | 7,776 | 7,849 | 7,739 | 7,578 | 11,169 | 11,049 |
structure
The administrative seat of Tapa is located in the homonymous town of Tapa , which belongs to the municipality . In addition, the city of Tamsalu has also been part of the community since 2017 .
The municipality also includes the minor cities of Lehtse and Sääse and the villages of Aavere, Alupere, Araski, Assamalla, Imastu, Jootme, Jäneda , Järsi, Järvajõe, Kadapiku, Kaeva, Karkuse, Kerguta, Koiduküla, Koplitaguse, Kuie, Kullenga, Kõrveküla, Lemmküla, Linnape, Loksa, Loksu, Lokuta, Läpi, Läste, Metskaevu, Moe, Naistevälja, Nõmmküla, Näo, Patika, Piilu, Piisupi, Porkuni , Pruuna, Põdrangu, Sakäsare, Raudkopli, Rascavere Sauvälja, Savalduma, Tõõrakõrve, Türje, Uudeküla, Vadiküla, Vahakulmu, Vajangu, Vistla, Võhmetu, Võhmuta.
politics
Mayor
- 2005–2009: Aleksander Sile, Estonian Center Party
- 2009–2016: Urmas Roosimägi , non-party
- 2016–2017: Reigo Tamm, Estonian Reform Party
- 2017–2018: Toomas Uudeberg, Valgejõe regional party
- since 2018: Maksim Butšenkov, Estonian Center Party
mayor
- 2005–2009: Kuno Rooba, Estonian Social Democratic Party
- 2009–2018: Alari Kirt, Pro Patria and Res Publica Union / Valgejõe regional party
- since 2018: Riho Tell, Estonian Reform Party
Community partnerships
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Trosa in Sweden
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Akaa in Finland
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Preetz in Schleswig-Holstein , Germany
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Cumberland in Maryland , USA , since 1990/1991
Sons and daughters of the church
- Gustav Reinhold Taubenheim (1795–1865), Lutheran clergyman
- Friedrich von Hoyningen-Huene (1843–1921), lepidopterologist and phenologist
- Nikolai Reek (1890–1942), military
- Artur Sirk (1900–1937), politician and military
- Rubin Teitelbaum (1907–1941), weightlifter
- Artur Rinne (1910–1984), opera singer and interpreter of popular music
- Sara Teitelbaum (1910–1941), track and field athlete
- Veera Saar (1912-2004), writer
- Ilmar Talve (1919–2007), writer, literary scholar and ethnographer
- Ellen Niit (1928–2016), writer and translator
- Priit Pärn (* 1946), animation director, honorary citizen of Tapa (2009)
- Dmitri Kruglov (* 1984), football player
Web links
- Website of the municipality of Tapa (Estonian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Statistics Estonia: Population by sex, age and place of residence after the 2017 administrative reform, 1 January. Retrieved February 17, 2019 .
