Sõmeru Parish ( et, Sõmeru vald) was 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 ...

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, 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 ...

. It had a population of 3,885 (2006) and an area of 168.29 km².

Settlements

Sõmeru Parish had 3 small boroughs, Näpi, Sõmeru and Uhtna and 28 villages: Aluvere, Andja, Aresi, Jäätma, Kaarli,

Katela Katela is a village in Rakvere Parish, Lääne-Viru County, 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 ...

Katku Katku is a village in Rakvere Parish, Lääne-Viru County, 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 f ...

, Kohala,

Kohala-Eesküla Kohala-Eesküla is a village in Rakvere Parish, Lääne-Viru County, 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 Finlan ...

Koovälja Koovälja is a village in Rakvere Parish, Lääne-Viru County, 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 acro ...

, Muru, Nurme, Papiaru, Rahkla,

Raudlepa Raudlepa is a village in Rakvere Parish, Lääne-Viru County, 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 acros ...

Raudvere Raudvere is a village in Rakvere Parish, Lääne-Viru County, 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 acros ...

Roodevälja Roodevälja is a village in Rakvere Parish, Lääne-Viru County, in northeastern Estonia. It is located just northeast of the town of Rakvere. Roodevälja has a population of 153 (as of 1 January 2010). Rakvere Meat Processing Plant (''Rakvere ...

, Rägavere,

Sooaluse Sooaluse is a village in Rakvere Parish, Lääne-Viru County, 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 acros ...

Sämi Sämi is a village in Sõmeru Parish, Lääne-Viru County, in northeastern Estonia. It is located on the Tallinn–Narva highway ( E20), about east of the town of Rakvere Rakvere is a town in northern Estonia and the administrative centre of ...

Sämi-Tagaküla Sämi-Tagaküla is a village in Rakvere Parish, Lääne-Viru County, 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 Finlan ...

Toomla Toomla is a village in Rakvere Parish, Lääne-Viru County, 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 ...

, Ubja, Ussimäe, Vaeküla, Varudi-Altküla, Varudi-Vanaküla,

Võhma Võhma (german: Wöchma) is a town in Põhja-Sakala Parish, Viljandi County, central Estonia. History The settlement dates to the sixteenth century. It began to grow when a railway station, located on the Tallinn - Viljandi railway line operat ...

People

Sõmeru Parish is the birthplace of artist

Endel Ruberg Endel Ruberg (21 May 1917 – 29 December 1989) was an Estonian-Canadian artist, naturalist, and humanitarian. He is best known for his leather and watercolour artwork as well as his volunteer work with children. Biography Endel Ruberg was bor ...

(1917–1989).

References

*''This article includes content from the Estonian Wikipedia article Sõmeru vald.''

External links

* {{LääneViru-geo-stub