Saku (german: Sack) is a

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( 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 sou ...

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, located south from

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 ' ...

, the capital. It is the administrative centre of

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 ...

. Saku had a population of 4,675 on 1 April 2012, which makes it the biggest

in Estonia. Saku is most known for the

Saku Brewery Saku Brewery is an Estonian brewery and soft drinks company based in Saku. It was founded in 1820 by the local Baltic German landlord Graf . Since 2008 Carlsberg Group has been the sole owner of Saku Brewery. History The history of Saku Brewer ...

which is one of two biggest breweries in Estonia. It has a railway station on the

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 ...

railway line operated by

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. The

Vääna River Vääna (german: Feyena, Faehna, Fähna) is a village in Harku Parish, Harju County in northern Estonia. It has a population of 266 (as of 1 June 2010). Vääna is located about from the capital Tallinn. Vääna Manor The oldest recorded menti ...

crosses Saku.

Saku Manor

Saku Manor (german: Sack) traces its history back to 1463. The current manor house was built in 1825-1830 in a neoclassical style, and is possibly designed by the renowned

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architect Carlo Rossi. It is one of the finest examples, perhaps the finest, of a neoclassical manor house in Estonia.

Notable people

Evelin Ilves Evelin Ilves (''née'' Int, formerly Int-Lambot; born 20 April 1968) is the second wife of President of Estonia Toomas Hendrik Ilves. She was the First Lady of Estonia from 9 October 2006 until their divorce on 30 April 2015. She was president ...

(born 1968), former First Lady of Estonia, grew up in Saku. *

Juss Laansoo Juss Laansoo (born 23 April 1983) is an Estonian motorcycle racer. He was born in Tallinn. He started his motorsport training in 1990 under the guidance of his father. In 2002 he won Juniors Motocross European Championships. He has competed at E ...

(born 1983), motocross rider *

Grit Šadeiko Grit Šadeiko (born 29 July 1989) is an Estonian heptathlete A heptathlon is a track and field combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek επτά (hepta, meaning "seven") and ἄθλος (áthlos, or ἄ� ...

(born 1989), heptathlete, was born in Saku. *

Jaak Urmet Jaak Urmet (pseudonym: Wimberg; born 30 January 1979, in Saku) is an Estonian writer. Jaak Urmet studied Estonian philology and history (from 1997 to 2002) at the Tallinn Pedagogical University and from 2002 to 2004 literary theory (the sam ...

(pseudonym Wimberg; born 1979), writer, was born in Saku.

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Saku Gymnasium
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Saku Manor

Notable people

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