Kernu Parish ( et, Kernu vald) was a rural

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in north-western

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. It was a part of

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 ...

. The municipality had a population of 2,077 (as of 1 January 2009) and covered an area of 174.65 km². The population density was 11.9 inhabitants per km². There were 17 villages in Kernu Parish: Allika,

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, Kaasiku, Kabila,

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, Metsanurga,

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, Pohla,

Ruila Ruila (german: Ruil) is a village in Saue Parish, Harju County in northern Estonia. Prior to the administrative reform of Estonian local governments in 2017, the village belonged to Kernu Parish. Ruila Manor Ruila estate was first mentioned in ...

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Local government

The mayor (') was is Enn Karu and chairman of the council (') was Karl-Erik Tender.

Symbolism

The main symbol in the arm of Kernu Parish was golden vat ( est: ''Kirn''). It symbolised the historical first owner of Kernu (his name was Kirnu).

Education

There were two primary schools (in Kernu and in Ruila), kindergarten (in Haiba) and children's home (in Haiba) in the municipality. Kernu primary school established in the year 1869 and it is situated 39 km from Tallinn. Principal of the school is Ene Rooma (year 2005). Ruila primary school established in the year 1871 and it is situated 25 km from Tallinn. Principal of the school is Tiia Roosenberg (year 2005). Today, the Ruila Basic School has over 120 students. Haiba kindergarten "Riisikas" is situated centre of Haiba village. The Haiba Children's Home completed in 1999 is a home for 40 children from Harju County.

Sight-seeing

* * Rock of Uku * Laitse manor house

References

External links

Kernu Parish official website
(available only in

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Ruila primary school official website
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