Klooga is a
small borough
The following is a list of Populated places in Estonia, boroughs () and Populated places in Estonia, small boroughs () in Estonia.
Boroughs
*Aegviidu
*Järva-Jaani
*Järvakandi
*Kiili
*Kohila
*Kohtla-Nõmme
*Lavassaare
*Märjamaa
*Paikuse
*Pärn ...
() in
Lääne-Harju Parish
Lääne-Harju Parish () is a rural Municipalities of Estonia, municipality in northern Estonia. It is a part of Harju County. The municipality has a population of 12,865 (as of 1 January 2019) and covers an area of 645.71 km2. The population ...
in
Harju County
Harju County ( 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 southeast, Rapla Count ...
in northern
Estonia
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. At the
2011 Census, the settlement's population was 1,203, of whom 642 (53.4%) were
Estonians
Estonians or Estonian people () are a Finnic ethnic group native to the Baltic Sea region in Northern Europe, primarily their nation state of Estonia.
Estonians primarily speak the Estonian language, a language closely related to other Finni ...
.
During the
German occupation in
World War II
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,
Klooga concentration camp, a
Nazi
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labor camp, was situated there as a satellite camp of
Vaivara concentration camp. On 19 September 1944, about 2,000 inmates of the Klooga camp were executed and the corpses burned on
pyre
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In discussi ...
s.
A large area of the settlement is covered by
Estonian Defence Forces
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' military training field
Klooga training area.
Klooga has rail stations Klooga and Klooga-Aedlinn on the
Elron western route.
Gallery
File:Klooga raudteejaama peahoone.jpg, Klooga railway station
File:Klooga alevik.jpg, Former Soviet Army buildings
File:Klooga terroriohvrite ühishaud.jpg, Grave of Holocaust victims at Klooga cemetery
File:Klooga lake.JPG, Lake Klooga
See also
*
Kloogaranna
Kloogaranna is a village in Lääne-Harju Parish, Harju County, Estonia
Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the B ...
References
Boroughs and small boroughs in Estonia
Kreis Harrien
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