Jõelähtme Parish ( et, Jõelähtme vald) is a rural

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

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 ...

, north-western

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 had a population of 5,351 (as of 1 January 2012) and an area of , the population density is The administrative centre of Jõelähtme Parish is Jõelähtme village. It is located 20 km east from the centre of Estonia's 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 '' ...

History

Established in 1816. During

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...

, 6,000 Jews and Roma were murdered by Estonian Nazi collaborators under German supervision. Mass executions were carried out on sand dunes called Kalevi-Liiva where a memorial has been erected.

Local government

Current mayor (') is Andrus Umboja and chairman of the council (') is Art Kuum.

Religion

Geography

Settlements

There are 2 small boroughs ( est: ''alevikud'', sg. - ''alevik'') and 34

villages A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

( est: ''külad'', sg. - ''küla'') in Jõelähtme Parish. Small boroughs: Kostivere, Loo. Villages: Aruaru, Haapse, Haljava, Ihasalu, Iru, Jägala, Jägala-Joa, Jõelähtme, Jõesuu, Kaberneeme, Kallavere,

Koila Koila is a village in the southern state of Karnataka, India.Village code= 2717500 Koila, Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka It is located in the Puttur taluk of Dakshina Kannada district in Karnataka. Demographics As of 2001 India census, Koila ...

Koipsi Koipsi is an island and a village in Jõelähtme Parish, Harju County in northern Estonia. If in 2010 it had a population of 1 (as of 1 January 2010), today it's uninhabited. References

Estonian islands in the Baltic Villages in Harju C ...

, Koogi, Kostiranna, Kullamäe, Liivamäe, Loo,

Maardu Maardu (german: Maart) is a town and a municipality in Harju County, Estonia. It is part of Tallinn metropolitan area. The town covers an area of 22.76 km² and has a population of 16,170 (as of 1 January 2021). The Port of Muuga, ...

, Manniva, Neeme, Nehatu, Parasmäe,

Rammu Rammu is an island in Jõelähtme Parish, Harju County 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 ...

, Rebala, Rohusi,

Ruu Ruu is a village in Jõelähtme Parish, Harju County in northern Estonia. Gallery File:Jägala Juga (Jägalafallet).JPG, Jägala Waterfall on Jägala River File:E20 near Kuusalu.jpg, Tallinn–Narva road (part of European route E20 Europea ...

Saha Saha may refer to: *Saha ionization equation, relating the densities of atoms, ions, and electrons in a plasma *Saha Airlines, an Iranian airline * Saha District, a district of the city of Busan, South Korea * Saha Station, a station of the Busan Me ...

, Sambu, Saviranna, Ülgase, Uusküla, Vandjala, Võerdla.

Landmarks

Jägala Waterfall Jägala may refer to: *Jägala, Estonia *Jägala River, a river which runs through Jägala ** Jägala Waterfall, a waterfall along the river *Jägala concentration camp, a Nazi concentration camp **Kalevi-Liiva Kalevi-Liiva are sand dunes in Jõ ...

Rebala Heritage Reserve Rebala Heritage Reserve is a heritage conservation area in Jõelähtme Parish, east of Estonia's capital, Tallinn. It covers around 70 square kilometres and contains more than 300 archaeological remains, most of which are prehistoric stone-cist ...

* Kostivere karst area * Jõelähtme church * Kaberneeme beach * Kalevi-Liiva memorial * Ülgase caves

Gallery

Saha chapel.JPG, Saha chapel StoneCistGraves.jpg, Bronze Age stone cist graves Ihasalu ülemine päevamärk 2006.jpg, Ihasalu Kostivere2.jpg, Kostivere Joelahtme kirik.jpg, Jõelähtme church Linnamäe HEJ 2009-10-12.JPG, Linnamäe hydroelectric power plant Estonia Jägala Waterfalls (Jägala Juga) Summer 2014 (1).JPG,

Kalevi-Liiva_memorial.jpg, Memorial at Kalevi-Liiva Mälestussammas.JPG, Monument to the

Estonian War of Independence The Estonian War of Independence ( et, Vabadussõda, literally "Freedom War"), also known as the Estonian Liberation War, was a defensive campaign of the Estonian Army and its allies, most notably the United Kingdom, against the Bolshevik westw ...

Maardu mõisa peahoone2.jpg,

manor house Ülgase koopad.jpg, Ülgase caves Rammusaar.JPG, Rammu Island Jägala jõgi.JPG, Mouth of the Jägala river

References

External links

Official website
(in Estonian)
Map of Jõelähtme ParishNon-official public forum
(in Estonian) {{DEFAULTSORT:Joelahtme Parish Municipalities of Estonia Holocaust locations in Estonia