Viimsi Parish ( et, Viimsi 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 ...

, located North-East and neighbouring the capital

Tallinn Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of 437,811 (as of 2022) and administratively lies in the Harju ' ...

. It occupies an area of with a population of 20 580 (). The municipality contains the Viimsi Peninsula and several islands, including

Naissaar Naissaar ( sv, Nargö; german: Nargen) is an island in Estonia. It is situated in the Gulf of Finland, northwest of the capital city Tallinn, and is administratively part of the Viimsi Parish, Viimsi parish. The island covers an area of . It is ...

Prangli Prangli ( sv, Vrangö) is an Estonian island in the Gulf of Finland. The first records are from 1387 when it was called ''Rango''. The first settlers came from Sweden. The Estonian culture spread to the island in the 17th century. Prangli is ...

, and Aksi. The mayor of Viimsi Parish is Illar Lemetti.

Divisions

There are two small boroughs () and 20 villages () in Viimsi Parish.

Small boroughs

Viimsi Viimsi (german: Wiems) is a small borough ( et, alevik) in Harju County, Estonia, about northeast of the centre of Tallinn, just north of Tallinn's subdistrict Merivälja. Viimsi is the administrative centre of Viimsi Parish. As of the 2011 c ...

and

Haabneeme Haabneeme is a small borough ( et, alevik) in Viimsi Parish, Harju County, in northern Estonia alongside Viimsi. It's located about northeast of the centre of Tallinn, on the eastern coast of Tallinn Bay. With a population of 5,634 ( 2011 Cens ...

Villages

Äigrumäe Äigrumäe is a village in Viimsi Parish, Harju County in northern Estonia. (retrieved 27 July 2021) It is located about northeast of the centre of Tallinn, situated just east of Tallinn's subdistricts Mähe and Lepiku. Äigrumäe has a populat ...

, Idaotsa,

Kelnase Kelnase is a village on Prangli Island in Viimsi Parish, Harju County in northern Estonia. (retrieved 27 July 2021) Keri Keri () is a Hebrew term which literally means "happenstance", "frivolity" or "contrariness" and has come to mean seminal ...

, Kelvingi,

Laiaküla Laiaküla is a village in Viimsi Parish, Harju County in northern Estonia. (retrieved 27 July 2021) It's located about east of the centre of Tallinn. Laiaküla is an exclave of Viimsi Parish, situated between Tallinn and Maardu. As of 2011 Esto ...

Leppneeme Leppneeme is a village in Viimsi Parish, Harju County in northern Estonia. It's located about northeast of the centre of Tallinn, on the northeastern coast of Viimsi peninsula by the Muuga Bay. As of 2011 Census, the settlement's population wa ...

, Lõunaküla (Storbyn), Lubja, Lääneotsa,

Metsakasti Metsakasti is a village in Viimsi Parish, Harju County in northern Estonia. (retrieved 27 July 2021) It's located about northeast of the centre of Tallinn, situated just northeast of Tallinn's subdistrict Mähe before the village of Randvere. A ...

Miiduranna Miiduranna is a village in Viimsi Parish, Harju County in northern Estonia. It's located about northeast of the centre of Tallinn, situated just northwest of Tallinn's subdistrict Merivälja, west of the settlement Viimsi and south of Haabneeme, ...

, Muuga, Pringi,

Pärnamäe Pärnamäe is a village in Viimsi Parish, Harju County in northern Estonia. (retrieved 27 July 2021) It's located about northeast of the centre of Tallinn, situated just north of Tallinn's subdistrict Mähe and east of the settlement Viimsi ...

, Püünsi, Randvere,

Rohuneeme Rohuneeme is a village in Viimsi Parish, Harju County in northern Estonia. It is located about northeast of the centre of Tallinn, situated on the northern end of the Viimsi Peninsula. As of 2011 Census, the settlement's population was 440. T ...

, Tagaküla (Bakbyn), Tammneeme, Väikeheinamaa (Lillängin).

Religion

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

Viimsi Parish is twinned with: * Barleben, Germany *

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, Finland * Ski Municipality, Norway *

Sulejówek Sulejówek is a town in Poland, about 18 km east of Warsaw city centre and part of its metropolitan area. It is located in Masovian Voivodeship, in Mińsk County. Its population numbers 19323 (2011). The town is well known in Poland as t ...

, Poland *

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, Sweden * Ramat Yishai, Israel

References

External links

* Municipalities of Estonia {{Harju-geo-stub