The coats of arms of the 15
counties of Estonia
Counties ( et, maakond, plural ') are the first-level administrative subdivisions of Estonia. Estonian territory is composed of 15 counties, including 13 on the mainland and 2 on islands. The government (') of each county is led by a ' (gover ...
are presented below.
Military
File:Insignia of the Headquarters of the Estonian Defence Forces.svg, Headquarters of the Estonian Defence Forces
The Headquarters of the Estonian Defence Forces is the working body of the Commander of the Estonian Defence Forces and joint staff of the Estonian Defence Forces. Its main tasks include supporting the activities of the Commander and Deputy Comm ...
File:Maavagi crest.svg, Estonian Land Forces
The Estonian Land Forces ( et, Maavägi), unofficially referred to as the Estonian Army, is the name of the unified ground forces among the Estonian Defense Forces where it has an offensive military formation role. It is currently the largest ...
File:Estonian Navy emblem.svg, Estonian Navy
The Estonian Navy ( et, Merevägi) are the unified naval forces among the Estonian Defence Forces.
With only six commissioned ships and displacement well under 10,000 tonnes, the Estonian navy is one of the smallest navies in the world. Its shi ...
File:Esti ohuvagi crest.svg, Estonian Air Force
The Estonian Air Force ( et, Õhuvägi, ) is the aviation branch of the Estonian Defence Forces. The air force traces its history to 1918, and was re-established in its current form in 1991.
As of 2016, the Estonian Air Force has a strength of ...
File:Emblème du Erioperatsioonide grupp (EOG).svg, Estonian Special Operations Force
The Estonian Special Operations Force ( et, Erioperatsioonide väejuhatus; ESTSOF) is the Command (military formation), command charged with overseeing the special operations units of the Estonian Defence Forces. Its primary objective is the de ...
File:Kaitseliit emblem.svg, Estonian Defence League
The Estonian Defence League ( et, Eesti Kaitseliit) is the name of the unified paramilitary armed forces of the Republic of Estonia. The Defence League is a paramilitary
A paramilitary is an organization whose structure, tactics, training, ...
Estonian Land Forces
File:1st Infantry Brigade (Estonia) emblem.png, 1st Infantry Brigade
File:Scouts Battalion emblem.png, Scouts Battalion
The Scouts Battalion ( et, Scoutspataljon) is a battalion of the Estonian Land Forces. It is a part of the 1st Infantry Brigade and acts as its rapid response unit. The battalion is currently based at Tapa and is commanded by Lieutenant colonel E ...
File:Insignia of Kalev Infantry Battalion.svg, Kalev Infantry Battalion
The Kalev Infantry Battalion ( et, Kalevi jalaväepataljon) is an infantry battalion of the Estonian Land Forces. It is a part of the 1st Infantry Brigade and its primary task is to train conscription-based mechanized infantry units. The battal ...
File:Insignia of the Viru Infantry Battalion.svg, Viru Infantry Battalion
The Viru Infantry Battalion ( et, Viru jalaväepataljon) is a battalion of the Estonian Land Forces. It is a part of the 1st Infantry Brigade and its primary task is to train conscription-based infantry and anti-tank units. The battalion has be ...
File:Suurtükiväepataljon emblem.svg, Artillery Battalion, 1st Infantry Brigade
File:Õhutõrjepataljon emblem.svg, Air Defence Battalion
File:Insignia of Engineer Battalion (Estonia).svg, Engineer Battalion
File:Insignia of Combat Service Support Battalion (Estonia).svg, Combat Service Support Battalion, 1st Infantry Brigade
File:Insignia of the 2nd Infantry Brigade (Estonia).svg, 2nd Infantry Brigade
File:Insignia of the Kuperjanov Infantry Battalion.svg, Kuperjanov Infantry Battalion
The Kuperjanov Infantry Battalion ( et, Kuperjanovi jalaväepataljon) is a battalion of the Estonian Land Forces. It is a part of the 2nd Infantry Brigade. Battalion headquarters is at Taara Army Base, Võru.
History Estonian War of Independenc ...
File:Insignia of 2nd Brigade Artillery Battalion (Estonia).svg, Artillery Battalion, 2nd Infantry Brigade
File:Insignia of 2nd Brigade Combat Service Support Battalion (Estonia).svg, Combat Service Support Battalion, 2nd Infantry Brigade
File:Insignia of the Military Police (Estonia).svg, Military Police
Military police (MP) are law enforcement agencies connected with, or part of, the military of a state. In wartime operations, the military police may support the main fighting force with force protection, convoy security, screening, rear recon ...
File:Vahipataljon emblem.svg, Guard Battalion
File:Küberväejuhatuse-embleem.jpg, Cyber Command
United States Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) is one of the eleven unified combatant commands of the United States Department of Defense (DoD). It unifies the direction of cyberspace operations, strengthens DoD cyberspace capabilities, and integra ...
File:Insignia of the Headquarters Support and Signal Battalion (Estonia).svg, Headquarters Support and Signal Battalion
File:EDF Logistics Centre emblem.svg, Support Command
File:Logistikapataljon emblem.svg, Logistics Battalion
Estonian Navy
File:Divisjon2.jpg, Estonian Mineships Division
The Estonian Mineships Division was the main Estonian Naval Unit and the part of Estonian Navy
The Estonian Navy ( et, Merevägi) are the unified naval forces among the Estonian Defence Forces.
With only six commissioned ships and displacem ...
Estonian Air Force
File:Insignia of the Estonian Air Surveillance Wing.svg, Air Surveillance Wing
File:Insignia of the Ämari Airbase.svg, Ämari Air Base
Ämari Air Base is a military airbase in Harjumaa, Estonia located south of Lake Klooga and southwest of Tallinn.
History
Ämari Air Base was built between 1940–1952 under an agreement signed by the Estonian SSR and the Soviet Union. In 19 ...
File:Insignia of the Estonian Air Force Staff.svg, Estonian Air Force Staff
Counties
Image:Et-Harju maakond-coa.svg , 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 sou ...
Image:Hiiumaa_vapp.svg , Hiiu County
Hiiu County ( et, Hiiu maakond or ''Hiiumaa'') is one of 15 counties of Estonia, being the smallest county both in terms of area and population. It consists of Hiiumaa (German and sv, Dagö), the second largest island of Estonia, and several s ...
Image:Ida-Virumaa_vapp.svg , Ida-Viru County
Ida-Viru County ( et, Ida-Viru maakond or ''Ida-Virumaa'') is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It is the most north-eastern part of the country. The county contains large deposits of oil shale - the main mineral mined in Estonia. Oil shale is used ...
Image:Jõgevamaa_vapp.svg , Jõgeva County
Jõgeva County ( et, Jõgeva maakond or ''Jõgevamaa'') is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It is situated in eastern part of the country and borders Ida-Viru County to the north-east, Lake Peipus to the east, Tartu County to the south, Viljandi C ...
Image:Et-Järva maakond-coa.svg , Järva County
Järva County ( et, Järva maakond or ''Järvamaa''; german: Jerwen; la, Jervia) is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It is situated in the central part of the country and borders Lääne-Viru County to the east, Jõgeva County to the south-east, ...
Image:Läänemaa vapp.svg , Lääne County
Lääne County ( et, Lääne maakond or ''Läänemaa'', literally "Western land"; german: Wiek; la, Rotalia) is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It is located in western Estonia and borders the Baltic Sea to the north, Harju County to the north-ea ...
Image:Lääne-Virumaa vapp.svg , Lääne-Viru County
Lääne-Viru County ( et, Lääne-Viru maakond or ''Lääne-Virumaa'') is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It is in northern Estonia, on the south coast of the Gulf of Finland. In Estonian, ''lääne'' means western and ''ida'' means east or eastern ...
Image:Põlvamaa_vapp.svg , Põlva County
Põlva County ( et, Põlva maakond or ''Põlvamaa'') is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It is situated in south-eastern part of the country and borders Tartu, Valga and Võru counties. 28,507 people live in Põlva County – constituting 2.3% o ...
Image:Et-Pärnu maakond-coa.svg , Pärnu County
Pärnu County ( et, Pärnu maakond or ''Pärnumaa''; german: Kreis Pernau) is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It is situated in the south-western part of the country, on the coast of Gulf of Riga, and borders Lääne and Rapla counties to the nor ...
Image:Raplamaa_vapp.svg , Rapla County
Rapla County ( et, Rapla maakond or ''Raplamaa'') is one of the fifteen counties of Estonia. It is situated in the western part of the country and borders Järva County to the east, Pärnu County to the south, Lääne County to the west, and Har ...
Image:Saaremaa vapp.svg , Saare County
Saare County ( et, Saare maakond or ''Saaremaa''; la, Oesel; german: Ösel; sv, Ösel) is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It consists of Saaremaa, the largest island of Estonia, and several smaller islands near it, most notably Muhu, Ruhnu, Abru ...
Image:Tartumaa_vapp.svg , Tartu County
Tartu County ( et, Tartu maakond or ''Tartumaa'') is one of 15 counties of Estonia.
It is located in eastern Estonia bordering Põlva County, Valga County, Viljandi County and Jõgeva County.
The area of Tartu County is , which covers 6.9% of t ...
Image:Valgamaa_vapp.svg , Valga County
Valga County ( et, Valga maakond or ''Valgamaa'') is a first-level administrative unit and one of 15 counties of Estonia. It comprises the former area of Valga District. The present-day county was created on 1 January 1990. The capital and larg ...
Image:Viljandimaa_vapp.svg , Viljandi County
Viljandi County ( et, Viljandi maakond or ''Viljandimaa''; german: Kreis Fellin) is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It is located in southern Estonia bordering Pärnu, Järva, Jõgeva, Tartu and Valga counties.
History
Viljandimaa, under the ...
Image:Võrumaa vapp.svg , Võru County
Võru County ( et, Võru maakond or ''Võrumaa''; vro, Võro maakund) is a county in southern Estonia. It is bordered by Valga County and Põlva County and is the only Estonian county bordering two countries - Latvia (Alūksne Municipality and ...
Harju County
File:Tallinn wapen.svg, 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 ' ...
File:Keila vapp.svg, Keila
Keila (german: Kegel) is a town and an urban municipality in Harju County in north-western Estonia, 25 km southwest of Tallinn. Keila is also the location of administrative buildings of the surrounding Keila Parish, a rural municipality sep ...
File:Maardu vapp.svg, Maardu
Maardu (german: Maart) is a town and a municipality in Harju County, Estonia. It is part of Tallinn metropolitan area. The town covers an area of 22.76 km² and has a population of 16,170 (as of 1 January 2021).
The Port of Muuga, the l ...
File:Paldiski coatofarms.png, Paldiski
Paldiski is a town and Baltic Sea port situated on the Pakri Peninsula of northwestern Estonia. Since 2017, it's the administrative centre of Lääne-Harju Parish of Harju County. Previously a village of Estonia-Swedes known by the historical ...
File:Anija valla vapp.svg, Anija Parish
Anija Parish ( et, Anija vald) is a rural municipality in Harju County, Estonia, consisting of 33 settlements.
The parish has a population of 6274 and covers an area of .
The administrative centre of the municipality is Kehra. The municipality a ...
File:Harku valla vapp.svg, Harku Parish
Harku Parish ( et, Harku vald) is a rural municipality in Harju County, northern Estonia, located west and neighbouring the capital Tallinn. It occupies an area of and has a population of 16,973 (as of June 1st 2022). The population density is . ...
File:Jõelähtme valla vapp.svg, Jõelähtme Parish
Jõelähtme Parish ( et, Jõelähtme vald) is a rural municipality in Harju County, north-western Estonia. It had a population of 5,351 (as of 1 January 2012) and an area of , the population density is
The administrative centre of Jõelähtme P ...
File:Kiili coat of arms.svg, Kiili Parish
Kiili Parish ( et, Kiili vald) is a rural municipality in Harju County, north-western Estonia. It is located south of Estonia's capital, Tallinn. The population of Kiili Parish is 5,461 (as of 2019) and the area 100.4 km².
The administrat ...
File:Kose valla vapp.svg, Kose Parish
Kose Parish ( et, Kose vald) is a rural municipality in northern Estonia. It is a part of Harju County. The municipality has a population of 5,737 (as of 1 January 2004) and covers an area of . The population density is 24.2 inhabitants per km2.
...
File:Kuusalu Parish coat of arms.svg, Kuusalu 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 ...
File:Loksa vapp.svg, 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 ...
File:Lääne-Harju valla vapp.svg, Lääne-Harju Parish
Lääne-Harju Parish ( et, Lääne-Harju vald) is a rural municipality in northern Estonia. It is a part of Harju County. The municipality has a population of 12,865 (as of 1 January 2019) and covers an area of 645.71 km². The population de ...
File:Raasiku valla vapp.svg, 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 ...
File:Rae valla vapp.svg, Rae Parish
Rae Parish ( et, Rae vald) is a rural municipality in northern Estonia. It is a part of Harju County. The municipality has a population of 17,967 (as of 1 January 2018) and covers an area of 206.7 km². The population density is .
Settlemen ...
File:Saku valla vapp.svg, Saku Parish
Saku Parish ( et, Saku vald) is a rural municipality in Harju County, north-western Estonia.
The administrative centre of Saku Parish is Saku; a small town with population of 4,618 (as of 2005). It is situated 10 km south of Estonia's capit ...
File:Saue valla vapp.svg, Saue Parish
Saue Parish ( Estonian: ''Saue vald'') is a rural municipality in Harju County, north-western Estonia.
The administrative centre of Saue Parish is Saue. It is situated in the suburban area of Estonia's capital, Tallinn.
After the administrativ ...
File:Viimsi valla vapp.svg, Viimsi Parish
Viimsi Parish ( et, Viimsi vald) is a rural municipality in Northern Estonia, located North-East and neighbouring the capital Tallinn. It occupies an area of with a population of 20 580 (). The municipality contains the Viimsi Peninsula and sev ...
Harju County
File:Kardla coatofarms.png, Kärdla
Kärdla (; sv, ; german: Kertel) is the only town on the island of Hiiumaa, Estonia. It is the capital of Hiiu County and the administrative center of Hiiumaa Parish.
Geography
Kärdla is located on the northeastern coast of Hiiumaa, by the Ta ...
File:EE Emmaste.svg, Emmaste Parish
Emmaste was a rural municipality of the Estonian county of Hiiumaa, located at the south of the island.
Villages
Emmaste, Haldi, Haldreka, Harju, Härma, Hindu, Jausa, Kabuna, Kaderna, Kitsa, Kõmmusselja, Külaküla
Külaküla is a ...
File:EST Kõrgessaare COA.png, Kõrgessaare Parish
Kõrgessaare Parish ( et, Kõrgessaare vald) was a rural municipality in the north-west of Hiiu County, Estonia. In 2013 it was merged with the town of Kärdla to form a new Hiiu Parish.
Settlements
There was 1 small borough () Kõrgessaare and ...
File:EE Kaina.png, Käina Parish
Käina Parish was a rural municipality of Hiiu County, Estonia on the southeastern part of the island.
Settlements
There was 1 small borough () Käina and 34 villages:
Aadma, Allika, Esiküla, Jõeküla, Kaasiku, Kaigutsi, Kassari, Kl ...
File:EST Pühalepa COA.jpg, Pühalepa Parish
Pühalepa Parish was a rural municipality of Hiiu County, Estonia.
Villages
There were 47 villages in Pühalepa Parish:
Ala - Aruküla - Hagaste - Harju - Hausma - Hellamaa - Heltermaa - Hiiessaare - Hilleste - Kalgi - Kerema - Kõlunõm ...
Ida-Viru County
File:Coat of arms of Kohtla-Jarve.svg, Kohtla-Järve
Kohtla-Järve is a city and municipality in northeastern Estonia, founded in 1924 and incorporated as a town in 1946. The city is highly industrial, and is both a processor of oil shales and is a large producer of various petrochemical products ...
File:Narva vapp.svg, Narva
Narva, russian: Нарва is a municipality and city in Estonia. It is located in Ida-Viru County, Ida-Viru county, at the Extreme points of Estonia, eastern extreme point of Estonia, on the west bank of the Narva (river), Narva river which ...
File:Sillamäe vapp.svg, Sillamäe
Sillamäe (Estonian language, Estonian for 'Bridge Hill'; also known by the Germanised names of ''Sillamäggi'' or ''Sillamägi'') is a town in Ida-Viru County in the northern part of Estonia, on the southern coast of the Gulf of Finland. It ha ...
File:Alutaguse valla vapp.svg, Alutaguse Parish
Alutaguse Parish ( et, Alutaguse vald) is a rural municipality
A rural municipality is a classification of municipality, a type of local government, found in several countries.
These include:
* Rural municipalities in Canada, a type of mu ...
File:Jõhvi valla vapp.svg, Jõhvi Parish
Jõhvi Parish ( et, Jõhvi vald) is an Estonian municipality located in Ida-Viru County, consisting of the county capital Jõhvi and its environs. It has a population of 13,174 (2006) and an area of .
Settlements Towns
Jõhvi
Small boroughs
T ...
File:Lüganuse valla vapp.svg, Lüganuse Parish
Lüganuse Parish () is a municipality of Ida-Viru County in northern Estonia. As of 1 January 2015, it had a population of 2,941.
In October 2013, the neighbouring Maidla Parish and the town of Püssi were merged into Lüganuse Parish.
Settleme ...
File:EST Narva-Jõesuu linn COA.png, Narva-Jõesuu
Narva-Jõesuu (; russian: Усть-Нарва, ''Ust'-Narva'', Нарва-Йыэсуу, Усть-Нарова) is a town in Ida-Viru County, in northeastern Estonia.
Geography
It is located on the country's northern Baltic coast of the Gul ...
File:Toila valla vapp.svg, Toila Parish
Toila is a small borough (') in Ida-Viru County, in northeastern Estonia. It is located about northeast of the town of Jõhvi, on the coast of Narva Bay (part of the Gulf of Finland). Toila is known as an important sea resort in Estonia, with a ...
Jõgeva County
File:Jõgeva valla vapp.svg, Jõgeva Parish
Jõgeva Parish ( et, Jõgeva vald) is a rural municipality of Estonia, in Jõgeva County. It has a population of 13,513 (2018) and an area of 458 km² (177 mi²).
Populated places
;Towns:
Jõgeva (administrative center)
;Small borou ...
File:Mustvee valla vapp.svg, Mustvee Parish
Mustvee Parish ( et, Mustvee vald) is a rural municipality in Jõgeva County. It includes the town of Mustvee.https://mustveevald.kovtp.ee/ (accessed 5 March 2020)
Settlements
;Town
Mustvee
;Boroughs
Avinurme, Lohusuu
;Villages
There are 56 v ...
File:Põltsamaa valla vapp.svg, Põltsamaa Parish
Põltsamaa ( et, Põltsamaa vald) is a rural municipality of Estonia, in Jõgeva County. It has a population of 2722 (2001) and an area of 416.9 km² (161.0 mi²).
Populated places
Põltsamaa Parish has one town, 3 small boroughs, an ...
Järva County
File:Järva valla vapp.svg, Järva Parish
Järva Parish is a municipality in Järva County, Estonia. It was created in 2017 as a merger of 6 municipalities: Albu Parish, Ambla Parish, Imavere Parish, Järva-Jaani Parish, Kareda Parish
Kareda Parish ( et, Kareda vald) was a rural munic ...
File:Paide vapp.svg, Paide
Paide is a town in Estonia and the capital of Järva County, one of the 15 counties of Estonia.
Etymology
Paide's German name ''Weißenstein'' (originally ''Wittenstein'' or ''Wittensten'' in Low German) means "white stone". This name was de ...
File:Türi valla vapp.svg, Türi Parish
Türi Parish ( et, Türi Vald) is a rural municipality in Järva County, Estonia.
On 16 October 2005 Kabala Parish, Oisu Parish, Town of Türi and the former Türi Parish were united to form a new Türi Parish. On 2017 the parishes of Türi, K ...
Lääne County
File:Haapsalu vapp.svg, Haapsalu
Haapsalu () is a seaside resort town located on the west coast of Estonia. It is the administrative centre of Lääne County, and on 1 January 2020 it had a population of 9,375.
Description
Haapsalu has been well known for centuries for its w ...
File:Lääne-Nigula valla vapp.svg, Lääne-Nigula Parish
Lääne-Nigula Parish ( et, Lääne-Nigula vald) is a rural municipality of Estonia, in Lääne County. It has a population of 7,041 (as of 1 January 2019) and an area of .
Lääne-Nigula Parish was established by merging Oru, Risti and Taebla ...
File:VormsiParishCoatOfArms.svg, Vormsi Parish
Vormsi Parish ( et, Vormsi vald; sv, Ormsö kommun) is a rural municipality of Estonia, in Lääne County. It covers the area of Vormsi island. The population of Vormsi is 231 (as of 1 January 2013) and has an area of 92.93 km2.
Settlement ...
File:EE Ridala.png, Ridala Parish
Ridala ( et, Ridala vald) was a rural municipality of Estonia, in Lääne County. It had a population of 3,245 (2016) and an area of .
In 2007 it was merged with the city of Haapsalu to establish the Haapsalu urban municipality.
Part of the p ...
Lääne-Viru County
File:Rakvere vapp.svg, Rakvere
Rakvere is a town in northern Estonia and the administrative centre of the Lääne-Viru ''maakond'' (county), 20 km south of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea. Rakvere is the 8th most populous urban area in Estonia. Rakvere has a tota ...
File:Haljala valla vapp.svg, Haljala Parish
Haljala Parish ( et, Haljala vald) is a rural municipality of Estonia, in Lääne-Viru County. It has a population of 4297 (2021) and an area of 549 km².
Populated places Small borough
Haljala - Võsu
Villages
Aaspere - Aasu - Aasume ...
File:Kadrina valla vapp.svg, Kadrina Parish
Kadrina Parish ( et, Kadrina vald) is a rural municipality in Lääne-Viru County, northern Estonia. It covers an area of 329.26 km² (10% of the total area of the county) and has a population of 5,156 (as of January 1, 2004). The parish has ...
File:Rakvere valla vapp.jpg, Rakvere Parish
File:Tapa valla vapp.png, Tapa Parish
Tapa Parish ( et, Tapa vald) is a rural municipality in Lääne-Viru County in northern Estonia.
The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Tapa. It is located 70 km east of Estonia's capital, Tallinn.
History
Tapa Pa ...
File:Coat of arms of Vinni Parish.png, Vinni Parish
Vinni Parish ( et, Vinni vald) is a rural municipality of Estonia, in Lääne-Viru County. It has a population of 5,630 () and an area of .
Settlements
There are 6 small boroughs: Laekvere, Pajusti, Roela, Tudu, Vinni, Viru-Jaagupi, and 37 v ...
File:Viru-Nigula valla vapp.svg, Viru-Nigula Parish
Viru-Nigula Parish ( et, Viru-Nigula vald) is a rural municipality of Estonia, in Lääne-Viru County. It has a population of 1,293 (as of 1 January 2011) and an area of .
Settlements
;Towns: Kunda
;Small boroughs: Aseri, Viru-Nigula
;Villag ...
File:Coat of arms of Väike-Maarja Parish.png, Väike-Maarja Parish
Väike-Maarja Parish ( et, Väike-Maarja vald) is a rural municipality of Estonia, in Lääne-Viru County. It has a population of 5,421 (as of 1 January 2009) and an area of 457.39 km².
Settlements
;Small boroughs
Kiltsi, Rakke, Simuna, ...
Põlva County
File:Kanepi valla vapp.svg, Kanepi Parish
Kanepi Parish ( et, Kanepi vald) is a rural municipality of Estonia, in Põlva County. It has a population of 4,662 (as of 1 January 2020) and an area of . The administrative centre is Kanepi.
It was created in 2017 with the merger of Valgjär ...
File:Põlva valla vapp.svg, Põlva Parish
Põlva Parish ( et, Põlva vald) is a rural municipality in Põlva County, southeastern Estonia.
On 1 January 2009, it had a population of 3,882 and an area of 228.63 km².
In October 2013, the town of Põlva (formerly a separate municipalit ...
File:Räpina valla vapp.svg, Räpina Parish
Räpina Parish ( et, Räpina vald; vro, Räpinä vald) is a rural municipality of Estonia, in Põlva County. It has a population of 4,611 (as of 2017) and an area of 265.93 km².
Settlements
;Town:
Räpina
;Small borough:
Võõpsu
;Vill ...
Pärnu County
File:Et-Parnu coa.svg, Pärnu
Pärnu () is the fourth largest city in Estonia. Situated in southwest Estonia, Pärnu is located south of the Estonian capital, Tallinn, and west of Estonia's second largest city, Tartu. The city sits off the coast of Pärnu Bay, an inlet o ...
File:Häädemeeste valla vapp.svg, Häädemeeste Parish
Häädemeeste (german: Gudmannsbach) is a municipality located in Pärnu County of Estonia.
Nigula Nature Reserve is partly located in Häädemeeste Parish.
Tahkuranna village of the municipality is known as the birthplace of Konstantin Päts ...
File:Kihnu vapp.svg, Kihnu Parish
Kihnu Parish ( et, Kihnu vald) is a rural municipality of Estonia, in Pärnu County. The parish covers the 16.88 km² area of Kihnu island, making it one of the smallest parishes in Estonia. As of 2010, Kihnu Parish had an estimated population ...
File:Lääneranna valla vapp.svg, Lääneranna Parish
Lääneranna Parish ( et, Lääneranna vald) is a rural municipality (Estonia), rural municipality in Pärnu County. It includes the town of Lihula.https://www.laanerannavald.ee/ (accessed 7 March 2020)
Settlements
;Town
Lihula
;Boroughs
Virtsu ...
File:Põhja-Pärnumaa valla vapp.svg, Põhja-Pärnumaa Parish
Põhja-Pärnumaa Parish ( et, Põhja-Pärnumaa vald) is a rural municipality in Pärnu County.http://www.pparnumaa.ee/ (accessed 7 March 2020)
Settlements
;Boroughs
Pärnu-Jaagupi, Tootsi, Vändra
;Villages
There are 86 villages: Aasa, Al ...
File:Saarde valla vapp.svg, Saarde Parish
Saarde is a municipality located in Pärnu County, one of the 15 counties of Estonia.
Settlements
;Town:
Kilingi-Nõmme
Kilingi-Nõmme is a town in Pärnu County, southwestern Estonia. It is the administrative centre of Saarde Parish. It's l ...
File:Tori valla vapp.svg, Tori Parish
Tori is a municipality located in Pärnu County, one of the 15 counties of Estonia.
Settlements
;Towns:
Sindi
;Small boroughs:
Are, Tori, Sauga
;Villages:
Aesoo - Eametsa - Eavere - Elbi - Elbu - Jõesuu - Kiisa - Kildemaa - Kilksama ...
Rapla County
File:Kehtna valla vapp.svg, Kehtna Parish
Kehtna Parish ( et, Kehtna vald) is a rural municipality in central Estonia. It is a part of Rapla County. The municipality has a population of 5,182 (as of 1 January 2004) and covers an area of 507.3 km². The population density is 10.2 inh ...
File:Kohila valla vapp.svg, Kohila Parish
Kohila Parish ( et, Kohila vald) is the northernmost municipality of Rapla County, Estonia. It has a population of 5,925 (as of 1 January 2009) and an area of .
Settlements
;Borough:
Kohila
;Small boroughs:
Aespa - Hageri - Prillimäe
;Villa ...
File:Märjamaa Parish Coat of Arms.svg, Märjamaa Parish
Märjamaa Parish ( et, Märjamaa vald) is an Estonian municipality located in Rapla County. It had a population of 7,015 (as of November 2012) and an area of 1,164 km2 (336.54 mi2). Märjamaa Parish was the biggest municipality in Est ...
File:Rapla valla vapp.svg, Rapla Parish
Rapla Parish ( et, Rapla vald) is an Estonian municipality located in Rapla County. It has a population of 13,193 (as of 1 January 2019) and an area of 859 km2.
Settlements
;Town:
Rapla
;Small boroughs:
Alu - Hagudi - Kaiu - Kuusiku
;Vill ...
Saare County
File:EE Muhu.png, Muhu Parish
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, seat = Liiva
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File:Ruhnu valla vapp.svg, Ruhnu Parish
Ruhnu Parish ( Estonian: ''Ruhnu vald'') is a municipality in Saare County, Estonia. It encompasses the island of Ruhnu in the Gulf of Riga, together with a number of uninhabited islets. Its population is the smallest of any of Estonia's 79 muni ...
File:Saaremaa-valla-vapp.svg, Saaremaa Parish
Saaremaa Municipality, also known as Saaremaa Rural Municipality ( et, Saaremaa vald), is a municipality in Saare County in western Estonia. It is the largest municipality in Estonia by land area. The administrative centre of the municipality is i ...
Tartu County
File:Tartu coat of arms.svg, Tartu
Tartu is the second largest city in Estonia after the Northern European country's political and financial capital, Tallinn. Tartu has a population of 91,407 (as of 2021). It is southeast of Tallinn and 245 kilometres (152 miles) northeast of ...
File:Elva valla vapp.svg, Elva Parish
Elva is a rural parish in the Estonian Tartu County with an area of . As of 2017, it has a population of 14241 inhabitants. It was created in 2017 from the merger of the municipality Elva with the rural communities Konguta Parish, Puhja Parish, ...
File:Kambja valla vapp 2020.svg, Kambja Parish
Kambja Parish is a rural municipality in Tartu County, Estonia.
Settlements
;Small boroughs:
Kambja - Külitse - Räni - Tõrvandi - Ülenurme
;Villages:
Aakaru - Ivaste - Kaatsi - Kammeri - Kavandu - Kodijärve - Kõrkküla - Kullaga - ...
File:Kastre valla vapp.svg, Kastre Parish
Kastre Parish ( et, Kastre vald) is a rural municipality in Tartu County, Estonia.
Settlements
;Small boroughs:
* Roiu
* Võnnu
;Villages:
* Aadami
* Aardla
* Aardlapalu
* Agali
* Ahunapalu
* Alaküla
* Aruaia
* Haaslava
* Hammaste
* I ...
File:Luunja valla vapp.svg, Luunja Parish
Luunja Parish is a rural municipality in Tartu County, Estonia.
Settlements
;Small borough:
Luunja
;Villages:
Kabina - Kakumetsa - Kavastu - Kikaste - Kõivu - Lohkva - Muri - Pajukurmu - Pilka - Poksi - Põvvatu - Rõõmu - Sääs ...
File:Nõo valla vapp.svg, Nõo Parish
Nõo Parish is a rural municipality in Tartu County, Estonia.
Settlements
;Small boroughs:
Nõo - Tõravere
;Villages:
Aiamaa - Altmäe - Etsaste - Enno, Estonia, Enno - Illi, Tartu County, Illi - Järiste - Kääni - Keeri - Ketneri - Kolga, ...
File:Peipsiääre valla vapp.svg, Peipsiääre Parish
Peipsiääre Parish is a rural municipality in Tartu County, Estonia.
Settlements
;Towns:
Kallaste
;Small boroughs:
Kasepää - Kolkja - Varnja
;Villages:
Savka - Sipelga Religion
Gallery
Varnja.JPG, Main street of Varnja
Varnja i ...
File:Tartu valla vapp.svg, Tartu Parish
Tartu Parish ( et, Tartu vald) is a rural municipality in Tartu County, Estonia. It has a population of 12,725 (as of 1 December 2022) and covers an area of . The population density is . It has one borough ( Raadi), six small boroughs (Äksi, Kõ ...
Valga County
File:Coat of arms of Otepää Parish.svg, Otepää Parish
Otepää Parish ( et, Otepää vald) is a rural municipality in Valga County, southern Estonia. It includes the town of Otepää.
Settlements
;Town
Otepää
;Small boroughs
Puka - Sangaste
;Villages
Ädu - Arula- Ilmjärve - Kääriku - ...
File:Tõrva valla vapp.svg, Tõrva Parish
Tõrva Parish ( et, Tõrva vald) is a rural municipality in Valga County. It includes the town of Tõrva.
Settlements
;Town
Tõrva
;Boroughs
Helme, Hummuli
;Villages
Aitsra, Ala, Alamõisa, Holdre, Jeti, Jõgeveste, Kalme, Karjatnur ...
File:Valga valla vapp.svg, Valga Parish
Valga Parish ( et, Valga vald) is a rural municipality in Valga County. It includes the town of Valga.https://www.valga.ee/ (accessed 4 March 2020)
Settlements Town
* Valga
Boroughs
* Tsirguliina
* Õru
* Laatre
Villages
* Hargla
* ...
Viljandi County
File:Et-Viljandi coa.svg, Viljandi
Viljandi (, german: Fellin, sv, Fellin) is a town and municipality in southern Estonia with a population of 17,407 in 2019. It is the capital of Viljandi County and is geographically located between two major Estonian cities, Pärnu and Tartu ...
File:Mulgi valla vapp.svg, Mulgi Parish
Mulgi Parish ( et, Mulgi vald) is a rural municipality in southern Estonia. It is a part of Viljandi County. As of 2021, the municipality has a population of 7,372, and covers . It is one of the southernmost municipalities of both Vilandji and E ...
File:Põhja-Sakala valla vapp.svg, Põhja-Sakala Parish
Põhja-Sakala Parish ( et, Põhja-Sakala vald) is a rural municipality in Viljandi County.http://www.pohja-sakala.ee/ (accessed 7 March 2020)
Settlements
;Towns
Suure-Jaani, Võhma
;Boroughs
Kõpu, Olustvere
;Villages
Aimla, Ängi, Arjadi, ...
File:Viljandi valla vapp.svg, Viljandi Parish
Viljandi Parish ( et, Viljandi vald) is a rural municipality of Viljandi County, Estonia. It is located around the town of Viljandi, but does not include it.
Viljandi Parish was established by merging four municipalities: Paistu, Pärsti, Saa ...
Võru County
File:Võru vapp.svg, Võru
Võru (; vro, Võro; german: Werro) is a town and a municipality in south-eastern Estonia. It is the capital of Võru County and the centre of Võru Parish.
History
Võru was founded on 21 August 1784, according to the wish of the Empress Cather ...
File:Antsla valla vapp.gif, Antsla Parish
Antsla Parish ( et, Antsla vald) is a rural municipality of Estonia, in Võru County.
Settlements
;Town
Antsla
;Small boroughs
Kobela - Vana-Antsla
;Villages
Anne - Antsu - Haabsaare - Jõepera - Kaika - Kassi - Kikkaoja - Kirikuküla - ...
File:Rõuge valla vapp.svg, Rõuge Parish
Rõuge Parish ( et, Rõuge vald; vro, Rõugõ vald) is a rural municipality of Estonia, in Võru County. In 2019, it had a population of 5,427 and an area of 933 km².
In 2017, it merged with Haanja Parish, Mõniste Parish, Misso Parish, ...
File:Setomaa valla vapp.svg, Setomaa Parish
Setomaa Parish ( et, Setomaa vald) is a rural municipality of Estonia, in Võru County. It has a population of 3,369 (as of 1 January 2018) and an area of 463.1 km².
Settlements
There is one small borough (''alevik'') Värska and 156 vil ...
File:Võru valla vapp 2017.svg, Võru Parish
Võru Parish ( et, Võru vald; vro, Võro vald) is a rural municipality of Estonia, in Võru County
Võru County ( et, Võru maakond or ''Võrumaa''; vro, Võro maakund) is a county in southern Estonia. It is bordered by Valga County and P ...
Colleges
File:Baltic Defence College emblem.png, Baltic Defence College
The Baltic Defence College (BALTDEFCOL) is a multinational military college, established by the three Baltic states (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania) in 1999. It serves as a centre of strategic and operational research and provides professional ...
File:SKA embleem.jpg, Estonian Academy of Security Sciences
Estonian Academy of Security Sciences ( et, Eesti Sisekaitseakadeemia) is a public vocational university in Estonia. It provides professional education for Estonian civil servants under the Estonian Ministry of the Interior. Its objective is to e ...
File:Insignia of the Estonian Military Academy.jpg, Estonian Military Academy
The Estonian Military Academy ( et, Kaitseväe Akadeemia) is an institution of applied higher education for national defence in Tartu, Estonia.
The institutions mission is to train and educate regular officers for the Estonian Defence Forces ...
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Flags of Estonian counties
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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 ...
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