Rae Parish ( et, Rae 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 ...

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 Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...

. It is a part of

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 ...

. The municipality has a population of 17,967 (as of 1 January 2018) and covers an area of 206.7 km². The population density is .

Settlements

Administrative centre of the municipality is

Jüri Jüri is a small borough ( et, alevik) in Harju County, northern Estonia. It is located southeast of the capital Tallinn, by the Tallinn–Tartu road (E263), directly after the intersection with Tallinn Ring Road (nr. 11). Jüri is the admin ...

, a small borough. The other biggest populated places are Vaida,

Assaku Assaku is a small borough ( et, alevik) in Rae Parish, Harju County, 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 acr ...

Lagedi Lagedi is a small borough ( et, alevik) in Rae Parish, Harju County, northern Estonia. As of 2011 Census, the settlement's population was 953. Lagedi has a station on the Elron's eastern route. Lagedi was the site of a slave-labor camp durin ...

and

Peetri Peetri is a small borough (') in Järva Parish, Järva 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 acros ...

small boroughs. The rest of the settlements are villages: Aaviku, Aruvalla, Järveküla, Kadaka, Karla, Kautjala,

Kopli Kopli (Estonian for ''"Paddock"'') is a subdistrict of the district of Põhja-Tallinn (Northern Tallinn) in Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It is located on the Kopli Peninsula and is bordered by parts of the Tallinn Bay, the Kopli Bay to the s ...

Kurna Kurna (also Gourna, Gurna, Qurna, Qurnah or Qurneh; ar, القرنة) are various spelling for a group of three closely related villages (New Qurna, Qurna and Sheikh ‘Adb el-Qurna) located on the West Bank of the River Nile opposite the moder ...

Lehmja Lehmja is a village in Rae 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 Finland, ...

, Limu,

Pajupea Pajupea is a village in Rae 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 Finland ...

, Patika,

Pildiküla Pildiküla is a small village in Rae 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 fro ...

, Rae, Salu,

Seli Kato Vermio-Seli ( el, Κάτω Βέρμιο, before 1926: Κάτω Σέλι - ''Kato Seli'', rup, Selia de Jos) is, primarily, an Aromanian (Vlach) Greek village and a community of the Veria municipality. Since the 2001 local government reform ...

, Soodevahe,

Suuresta Suuresta is a village in Rae 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 Finlan ...

, Suursoo, Tuulevälja, Ülejõe,

Urvaste Urvaste ( vro, Urvastõ) is a village in Antsla Parish, Võru County, in southeastern Estonia. (retrieved 28 July 2021) Before the 2017 Administrative Reform, the village belonged to Urvaste Parish. Tamme-Lauri oak, the thickest and oldest t ...

, Uuesalu, Vaidasoo, Vaskjala, Veneküla and

Veskitaguse Veskitaguse is a village in Rae 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 Fin ...

. There are altogether 5 small boroughs plus 27 villages & hamlets in Rae Parish. The current mayor (') is Madis Sarik ( Estonian Reform Party).

References

External links

Official website
(available only in Estonian) {{Harju-geo-stub