Sõmeru is a
small borough ( et, alevik) in
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 ...
, in northeastern
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 located about 4 km east of the town of
Rakvere. Sõmeru is the administrative centre of
Rakvere Parish. Sõmeru has a population of 1,289 (as of 1 January 2010).
References
Boroughs and small boroughs in Estonia
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