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Loksa
Loksa is a town and municipality in Harju County, Estonia, most known for its shipping industry. The town is situated on the estuary of the Valgejõgi river, which drains into Hara Bay, Gulf of Finland. As of April 1, 2022, the town had a population of 2471. Etymology Loksa village, the town's namesake and predecessor, was first mentioned in 1631 as ''Lox''. Later on, the village has also been referred to as ''Locksa'' and ''Loxa'', until it became known as Loksa in 1798. The name is speculated to come from the word ''loks''(local dialect), which means either a marsh or a lake that dries up during the dry-season. History The village of Loksa was first mentioned in 1687 but this area is known in modern times as the village of Kotka. The development of what is known these days as the town of Loksa started around 1874 when the landlords of Kolga established a new brickyard outside Loksa village. Around this factory a new market town was born. In 1903, a shipyard was estab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loksa Bussijaam
Loksa is a town and municipality in Harju County, Estonia, most known for its shipping industry. The town is situated on the estuary of the Valgejõgi river, which drains into Hara Bay, Gulf of Finland. As of April 1, 2022, the town had a population of 2471. Etymology Loksa village, the town's namesake and predecessor, was first mentioned in 1631 as ''Lox''. Later on, the village has also been referred to as ''Locksa'' and ''Loxa'', until it became known as Loksa in 1798. The name is speculated to come from the word ''loks''(local dialect), which means either a marsh or a lake that dries up during the dry-season. History The village of Loksa was first mentioned in 1687 but this area is known in modern times as the village of Kotka. The development of what is known these days as the town of Loksa started around 1874 when the landlords of Kolga established a new brickyard outside Loksa village. Around this factory a new market town was born. In 1903, a shipyard was estab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loksa District
Loksa is a town and municipality in Harju County, Estonia, most known for its shipping industry. The town is situated on the estuary of the Valgejõgi river, which drains into Hara Bay, Gulf of Finland. As of April 1, 2022, the town had a population of 2471. Etymology Loksa village, the town's namesake and predecessor, was first mentioned in 1631 as ''Lox''. Later on, the village has also been referred to as ''Locksa'' and ''Loxa'', until it became known as Loksa in 1798. The name is speculated to come from the word ''loks''(local dialect), which means either a marsh or a lake that dries up during the dry-season. History The village of Loksa was first mentioned in 1687 but this area is known in modern times as the village of Kotka. The development of what is known these days as the town of Loksa started around 1874 when the landlords of Kolga established a new brickyard outside Loksa village. Around this factory a new market town was born. In 1903, a shipyard was estab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipalities Of Estonia
A municipality ( et, omavalitsus, plural ) is the smallest administrative subdivision of Estonia. Each municipality is a unit of self-government with its representative and executive bodies. The municipalities in Estonia cover the entire territory of the country. Municipalities in Estonia are of two types: *Urban municipalities or towns (, singular ) *Rural municipalities or Parish (administrative division), parishes (, singular ). There is no other status distinction between them. Municipalities may contain one or several Populated places in Estonia, settlements. All but 5 urban municipalities (Haapsalu (urban municipality), Haapsalu, Narva-Jõesuu (urban municipality), Narva-Jõesuu, Paide (urban municipality), Paide, Pärnu (urban municipality), Pärnu and Tartu (urban municipality), Tartu) plus 1 rural municipality (Ruhnu Parish, Ruhnu) contain only one settlement. As of 2017, there are no longer any "borough-parishes", i.e. rural municipalities with only one borough-typ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harju County
Harju County ( et, Harju maakond or ''Harjumaa''), is one of the fifteen counties of Estonia. It is situated in Northern Estonia, on the southern coast of the Gulf of Finland, and borders Lääne-Viru County to the east, Järva County to the southeast, Rapla County to the south, and Lääne County to the southwest. The capital and largest city of Estonia, Tallinn, is situated in Harju County. Harju County is the largest county in Estonia in terms of population, as almost half (45%) of the Estonia's population lives in Harju County. History Ancient history The territory of modern Harju County consists mostly of two ancient Estonian counties: Revala, around what is now Tallinn, and Harjumaa, which was situated south of Revala and presently rests mostly in Rapla County. Lindanise, then a small trading post at the Gulf of Finland, served as the capital of Revala. It eventually grew into the mostly German-populated Hanseatic town of ''Reval'' and later into the Estonian cap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valgejõgi
Valgejõgi (lit. ''White River'') is a river in Northern Estonia. Its source is in Lake Porkuni in Pandivere (Lääne-Viru County) and it drains into Hara Bay (part of Finnish Gulf) at Loksa (Harju County). Geography Valgejõgi lacks any major tributaries. Its drainage basin is long and narrow, dominated by forests and wetlands (more than 2/3 of total area). Agricultural land use is concentrated in the upper section of drainage basin, while forests dominate in the middle and lower sections, where the river borders the Põhja-Kõrvemaa Nature Reserve and flows through Lahemaa National Park. The towns of Loksa (in the mouth) and Tapa (about 17 km from the source) are the only bigger settlements on the river. Nõmmeveski waterfall 19 km upstream from the river mouth the river flows over the Baltic Klint, forming the Nõmmeveski waterfall. The waterfall and Nõmmeveski canyon (several tens of meters deep and a few hundred meters long) are a popular tourist destination i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loksa Parish
Kuusalu Parish ( et, Kuusalu vald) is a rural municipality in northern Estonia, the largest in Harju County. After joining with the adjacent Loksa Parish in 2005, the municipality has now a population of 6,863 (as of 1 January 2009) and covers an area of . The population density is 9.7 inhabitants per km2. A significant share of the municipality's territory (between 40% and 60%) is covered by protected areas, as large parts of the Lahemaa National Park and Põhja-Kõrvemaa Nature Reserve are situated there. The eastern part of the municipality is home to the largest military training area in Estonia, the central training area of Estonian Defence Forces. The administrative centre of the municipality is Kiiu. There is a total of 3 small boroughs — Kuusalu (1225 inhabitants), Kiiu (893 inhabitants) and Kolga (501 inhabitants) — and 64 villages in Kuusalu Parish: Allika, Andineeme, Aru, Haavakannu, Hara, Hirvli, Ilmastalu, Joaveski, Juminda, Kaberla, Kahala, Kalme, Kasispea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loksa, Kuusalu Parish
Loksa is a village in Kuusalu Parish, Harju County in northern Estonia. It lies on the Valgejõgi River, just south of the town of Loksa Loksa is a town and municipality in Harju County, Estonia, most known for its shipping industry. The town is situated on the estuary of the Valgejõgi river, which drains into Hara Bay, Gulf of Finland. As of April 1, 2022, the town had a po .... References Villages in Harju County {{Harju-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gulf Of Finland
The Gulf of Finland ( fi, Suomenlahti; et, Soome laht; rus, Фи́нский зали́в, r=Finskiy zaliv, p=ˈfʲinskʲɪj zɐˈlʲif; sv, Finska viken) is the easternmost arm of the Baltic Sea. It extends between Finland to the north and Estonia to the south, to Saint Petersburg in Russia to the east, where the river Neva drains into it. Other major cities around the gulf include Helsinki and Tallinn. The eastern parts of the Gulf of Finland belong to Russia, and some of Russia's most important oil harbors are located farthest in, near Saint Petersburg (including Primorsk). As the seaway to Saint Petersburg, the Gulf of Finland has been and continues to be of considerable strategic importance to Russia. Some of the environmental problems affecting the Baltic Sea are at their most pronounced in the shallow gulf. Proposals for a tunnel through the gulf have been made. Geography The gulf has an area of . The length (from the Hanko Peninsula to Saint Petersburg) is and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Cities And Towns In Estonia
The following is a list of the 47 cities and towns in Estonia. Before the Republic of Estonia became an in independent nation in 1918, many of these locations were known in the rest of the world by their German language names which were occasionally quite different from the ones used in the Estonian language. During the 1944–1991 Soviet occupation of Estonia, placenames were transliterated into Russian (Cyrillic alphabet) in the Soviet central government's documents, which in turn lead to the use of several incorrect back-transliterations from Russian (Cyrillic) alphabet into English (and other Latin alphabets) in some English-language maps and texts during the second half of the 20th century (for example, incorrect ''Pyarnu'', ''Vilyandi'', ''Pylva'', instead of the correct Pärnu, Viljandi, Põlva). Tallinn is the capital and the most populous city of Estonia. There are 46 other ''linn'', i.e. cities and towns in Estonia (as of 2022). The Estonian word ''linn'' means both "a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kotka, Harju County
Kotka is a village in Kuusalu Parish, Harju County in northern Estonia. It lies on the Valgejõgi River, about south of the town of Loksa Loksa is a town and municipality in Harju County, Estonia, most known for its shipping industry. The town is situated on the estuary of the Valgejõgi river, which drains into Hara Bay, Gulf of Finland. As of April 1, 2022, the town had a po .... References Villages in Harju County {{Harju-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estonian Centre Party
The Estonian Centre Party ( et, Eesti Keskerakond, EK) is a populist political party in Estonia. It was founded in 1991 as a direct successor of the Popular Front of Estonia, and it is currently led by Jüri Ratas. The party was founded on 12 October 1991 from the basis of the Popular Front of Estonia after several parties split from it. At that time, the party was called the People's Centre Party (''Rahvakeskerakond'') in order to differentiate from the smaller centre-right Rural Centre Party (''Maa-Keskerakond''). It is a member of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) and Renew Europe. From 3 June 2022, the party has been in opposition to the second Kallas government. History In the parliamentary elections of March 1995, the Centre Party was placed third with 14.2% of votes and 16 seats. It entered the coalition, Edgar Savisaar taking the position of the Minister of Internal Affairs, and 4 other ministerial positions (Social Affairs, Economy, Education a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tallinn
Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of 437,811 (as of 2022) and administratively lies in the Harju ''maakond'' (county). Tallinn is the main financial, industrial, and cultural centre of Estonia. It is located northwest of the country's second largest city Tartu, however only south of Helsinki, Finland, also west of Saint Petersburg, Russia, north of Riga, Latvia, and east of Stockholm, Sweden. From the 13th century until the first half of the 20th century, Tallinn was known in most of the world by variants of its other historical name Reval. Tallinn received Lübeck city rights in 1248,, however the earliest evidence of human population in the area dates back nearly 5,000 years. The medieval indigenous population of what is now Tallinn and northern Estonia was one of the last " pagan" civilisations in Europe to adopt Christianit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
