Kadrina Parish ( et, Kadrina vald) is a rural

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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 ...

, northern

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. It covers an area of 329.26 km² (10% of the total area of the county) and has a population of 5,156 (as of January 1, 2004). The parish has had its current borders since 2005, when Saksi Parish was dissolved and

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, Pariisi and Salda villages were merged to Kadrina Parish, the larger part of Saksi Parish was added to

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. The administrative centre is the

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(''alevik'') of

Kadrina Kadrina is a small borough ( et, alevik) in Lääne-Viru County, northern Estonia. It is the administrative centre of Kadrina Parish. Kadrina is located in the crossing point of Tallinn–Saint Petersburg (Tallinn–Narva) railway, Pärnu–Ra ...

, which has a population of 2,600. Other major populated places are the small borough of Hulja (600 inhabitants) and the villages of Kihlevere (200 inhabitants), Vohnja (200 inhabitants) and Viitna (100 inhabitants). There are 32 villages in total. The northern border of the municipality is also the southern border of

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. The

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–

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road (nr 1, part of E20) and the Tallinn–

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run through Kadrina Parish.

Settlements

;Small boroughs: Hulja,

;Villages:

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, Arbavere, Hõbeda, Härjadi,

Jõepere Jõepere is a village in Kadrina Parish, Lääne-Viru County, in northeastern Estonia. It's the origin of the Loobu River The Loobu is a river in Northern Estonia. Its source is about 12 km southwest from Rakvere in Lääne-Viru County ...

, Jõetaguse, Jürimõisa, Kadapiku, Kallukse, Kihlevere,

, Kõrveküla, Lante, Leikude, Loobu, Läsna, Mõndavere, Mäo, Neeruti, Ohepalu, Orutaguse, Pariisi, Põima, Ridaküla, Rõmeda, Salda, Saukse, Sootaguse, Tirbiku, Tokolopi,

Udriku Udriku is a village in Kadrina Parish, Lääne-Viru County, northeastern Estonia, where the Udriku manor, a national architectural monument built in the early nineteenth century, is situated. Udriku manor Udriku estate (german: Uddrich) was fou ...

, Uku,

Undla Undla is a village and settlement in Kadrina Parish, Lääne-Viru County, in northeastern Estonia. (retrieved 28 July 2021) It lies on the left bank of the Loobu River, just northwest of Kadrina, the administrative centre of the municipality. A ...

, Vaiatu, Vandu, Viitna, Vohnja, Võduvere, Võipere

Religion

Gallery

Kallukse hiiemänd (foto Martin Suuroja).jpg, Kallukse pine Nabudi järv Viitna järvemägedes (foto Martin Suuroja).jpg, Nabudi lake Viitna Suurjärv (foto Martin Suuroja).jpg, Viitna Pikkjärv Kadrina jaama allee.JPG, Kadrina railway station allee Kadrina kirik talvel.JPG, Kadrina church Neeruti mõis, 2014 sügisel.JPG, Neeruti manor Viitna kõrtsihoone.jpg, Viitna inn Undla mõisa peahoone.jpg, Undla manor house

References

External links

* {{Lääne-Virumaa