Laulasmaa is a village in

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 ...

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 ...

, in northwestern

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Location and history

Laulasmaa is about west of the capital

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 '' ...

, west of Keila-Joa, north of

Kloogaranna Kloogaranna is a village in Lääne-Harju Parish, Harju County, 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 Finla ...

, and next to Lahepere Bay, which is part of the

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 E ...

. It borders with

Lohusalu Lohusalu is a village in Lääne-Harju Parish, Harju County, Estonia. The village spans the Lohusalu peninsula. In 2000, it had the population of 221."Arengukava 2004-2014" (in Estonian). Keila Vald http://www.keilavald.ee. . Retrieved 11 Decem ...

, Keila-Joa and

. In January 2005 the village had the population of 309. The village was first mentioned when under

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

control (''Laulasmeh''). People started to spend their summers in Laulasmaa from the 1930s and the first summer cottages were built in the early 20th century. Laulasmaa is the home of composer

Arvo Pärt Arvo Pärt (; born 11 September 1935) is an Estonian composer of contemporary classical music. Since the late 1970s, Pärt has worked in a minimalist style that employs tintinnabuli, a compositional technique he invented. Pärt's music is in pa ...

, and is the location of the

Arvo Pärt Centre Arvo Pärt Centre ( et, Arvo Pärdi Keskus) is a foundation responsible for maintaining the personal archive of classical composer Arvo Pärt and operating as an information centre on the composer and his works. The centre is located in the coast ...

Gallery

Kõltsu mõisa peahoone1.JPG, Kõltsu manor Laulasmaa päevamärk 2009.jpg, Laulasmaa daymark

References

External links

Official website of Laulasmaa SPA Hotel
Villages in Harju County {{Harju-geo-stub