Tamsalu is a town in

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 ...

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 ...

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History

The town was first mentioned in 1512, but remained an insignificant village until 1876. After that it was on the railroad line from

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 ...

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 ' ...

. It was given town status in 1996. Before the administrative reform in 2017 it was the administrative centre of

Tamsalu Parish Tamsalu Parish ( et, Tamsalu vald) was a rural municipality of Estonia, in Lääne-Viru County. It had a population of 3,726 (as of 2017) and an area of 214.61 km2. Settlements ;Town Tamsalu ;Small borough Sääse ;Villages Aavere, Aluper ...

Notable native

Marko Pomerants Marko Pomerants (born 24 September 1964) is an Estonian politician. He was the Minister of the Environment in 2015–2017. Previously, Pomerants has served as the Minister of Social Affairs from 2003 to 2005 and as the Minister of the Interior f ...

, former

Estonian Minister of Social Affairs The Ministry of Social Affairs of Estonia ( et, Eesti Sotsiaalministeerium) is a government ministry of Estonia responsible for social policies of the country. List of Ministers The position first appeared in the government of Mart Laar estab ...

(April 10, 2003 – April 13, 2005), former Estonian Minister of the Interior (July 3, 2009 – April 5, 2011), former Estonian Minister of the Environment (April 9, 2015 – June 12, 2017), Member of the Estonian Parliament.

Gallery

Tamsalu kirik.jpg, Tamsalu church Tamsalu Kultuurimaja.jpg, Tamsalu House of Culture Tamsalu, Lääne-Viru County, Estonia - panoramio.jpg,

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Cities and towns in Estonia Former municipalities of Estonia {{Lääne-Viru-geo-stub