Aruküla is a
small borough ( et, alevik) in
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 so ...
, northern
Estonia
Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...
. It is the administrative centre of
Raasiku Parish
Raasiku Parish ( et, Raasiku vald) in Harju County is located in the south-eastern direction from the city of Tallinn. The main road leading through the parish is Jüri - Aruküla - Raasiku - Jägala road. The Tallinn - Tapa Railway goes through ...
. Aruküla had a population of 2,113 on 1 January 2020.
Aruküla has a
station on the
Elron's eastern route.
Gallery
File:Aruküla vana kultuurimaja.JPG, Aruküla old culture house
File:Aruküla vana laululava.jpg, Aruküla song festival grounds in the 1960s.
File:Aruküla kivi 2005.jpg, Aruküla glacial erratic
A glacial erratic is glacially deposited rock differing from the type of rock native to the area in which it rests. Erratics, which take their name from the Latin word ' ("to wander"), are carried by glacial ice, often over distances of hundre ...
File:Kolhoosimaja.jpg, Former centre of Aruküla kolkhoz
A kolkhoz ( rus, колхо́з, a=ru-kolkhoz.ogg, p=kɐlˈxos) was a form of collective farm in the Soviet Union. Kolkhozes existed along with state farms or sovkhoz., a contraction of советское хозяйство, soviet ownership or ...
.
File:View to Aruküla.JPG, View to Aruküla
File:Aruküla lauluväljak.JPG, Aruküla song court
File:Aruküla esmamainimist tähistav kivi.JPG, Stone, indicating Aruküla first mention
See also
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Aruküla Basic School
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Aruküla manor
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Aruküla railway station
References
External links
Raasiku ParishAruküla Basic SchoolAruküla Cultural companyAruküla SK Handball Club
Boroughs and small boroughs in Estonia
Kreis Harrien
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