Leppneeme is a village in

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 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 ...

in 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's located about northeast of the centre of

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 ' ...

, on the northeastern coast of

Viimsi peninsula Viimsi peninsula ( et, Viimsi poolsaar) is a peninsula in Viimsi 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 Finl ...

by the

Muuga Bay Muuga Bay ( et, Muuga laht, or et, Randvere laht) is bay in Harju County, Estonia. Muuga Bay is part of Ihasalu Bay. Area of Muuga Bay is 3366 ha. Several islets are located on the bay, e.g. Lahesaar. Muuga Harbour Muuga Harbour ( et, Muu ...

. As of 2011 Census, the settlement's population was 464. Leppneeme harbour is the main point for traffic to and from the island of

Prangli Prangli ( sv, Vrangö) is an Estonian island in the Gulf of Finland. The first records are from 1387 when it was called ''Rango''. The first settlers came from Sweden. The Estonian culture spread to the island in the 17th century. Prangli is ...

. The corresponding harbour on Prangli's side is in

Kelnase Kelnase is a village on Prangli Island in Viimsi Parish, Harju County in northern Estonia. (retrieved 27 July 2021) Keri Keri () is a Hebrew term which literally means "happenstance", "frivolity" or "contrariness" and has come to mean seminal ...

. Leppneeme was first mentioned in 1376 as ''Thusnes''.

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Villages in Harju County Kreis Harrien {{Harju-geo-stub