Jõgeva County ( et, Jõgeva maakond or ''Jõgevamaa'') is one of 15

counties of Estonia Counties ( et, maakond, plural ') are the first-level administrative subdivisions of Estonia. Estonian territory is composed of 15 counties, including 13 on the mainland and 2 on islands. The government (') of each county is led by a ' (gov ...

. It is situated in eastern part of the country and borders

Ida-Viru County Ida-Viru County ( et, Ida-Viru maakond or ''Ida-Virumaa'') is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It is the most north-eastern part of the country. The county contains large deposits of oil shale - the main mineral mined in Estonia. Oil shale is used ...

to the north-east,

Lake Peipus Lake Peipus ( et, Peipsi-Pihkva järv; russian: Чудско-Псковское озеро, Псковско-Чудское озеро, Chudsko-Pskovskoye ozero, Pskovsko-Chudskoye ozero); is the largest trans-boundary lake in Europe, lying on ...

to the east,

Tartu County Tartu County ( et, Tartu maakond or ''Tartumaa'') is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It is located in eastern Estonia bordering Põlva County, Valga County, Viljandi County and Jõgeva County. The area of Tartu County is , which covers 6.9% ...

to the south, Viljandi County to the south-west, Järva County to the north-west and

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 easter ...

to the north.

History

Jõgeva County or Jõgevamaa was created January 1, 1990 from a parts of Viljandimaa and Tartumaa counties.

County government

The

County government A county is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposesChambers Dictionary, L. Brookes (ed.), 2005, Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, Edinburgh in certain modern nations. The term is derived from the Old French ...

(Estonian: ''Maavalitsus'') was led by a

governor A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political ...

(Estonian: ''maavanem''), who was appointed by the Government of Estonia for a term of five years. Since 2009 until 2018, the Jõgeva County governor position was held by Viktor Svjatõšev. From 01.01.2018 County governments were shut down in Estonia.

Municipalities

The county is subdivided into

municipalities 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 ...

. There are three rural municipalities (Estonian: ''vallad'' – parishes) in Jõgeva County.

Images

Jõgeva parish.jpg, Central Jõgeva parish Kuremaa mõisa peahoone.jpg, Main building of Kuremaa manor Kuremaa mõisa tuuleveski.jpg, Kuremaa windmill Torma kirik3.jpg, Torma Church Kaiu järv 26-05-2012.JPG, Kaiu Lake Laiuse linnuse varemed1.jpg, Laiuse Castle ruins Palamuse kihelkonnakooli hoone.jpg, Palamuse parish school Jõgeva bussijaam.JPG, Jõgeva bus station Mustvee kirik.JPG,

Mustvee Mustvee is a town in Mustvee Parish, Estonia. It lies on the shore of Lake Peipus in Jõgeva County. Its population of 1,600 is approximately half Estonian and half Russian. The name of Mustvee was first recorded in 1343 at the time of reign ...

Church 23980KursiKirik.jpg, Kursi Church Lustivere mõisa peahoone 19-05-2013.jpg, Main building of Lustivere manor Betti Alveri muuseum 2012.JPG,

Betti Alver Elisabet "Betti" Alver ( in Jõgeva – 19 June 1989 in Tartu), was one of Estonia's most notable poets. She was among the first generation to be educated in schools of an independent Estonia. She went to grammar school in Tartu. Writing She ...

museum in Jõgeva EndlaRaba3.jpg, Männikjärve bog in Endla Kursi Vabadussõja mälestussammas.JPG,

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 ...

Memorial in Kursi Alam-Pedja Kirna 2007.jpg, Floodplain of the Pedja River in

Alam-Pedja Nature Reserve Alam-Pedja Nature Reserve ( et, Alam-Pedja looduskaitseala) is the largest nature reserve in Estonia. It is a vast wilderness area which covers and consists of a complex of 5 large bogs separated by unregulated rivers, their floodplains, and ex ...

near Kirna Puurmani mõis1.JPG, Main building of

Puurmani Puurmani is a small borough ( et, alevik) in Jõgeva County, Estonia, in Põltsamaa Parish. As of 2011 Census, the settlement's population was 514. Puurmani contains Puurmani manor Puurmani manor ( et, Puurmani mõis) is a historical man ...

manor

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