Kõue () is a village in
Kose Parish
Kose Parish () is a rural municipality in northern Estonia. It is a part of Harju County. The municipality has a population of 5,737 (as of 1 January 2004) and covers an area of . The population density is 24.2 inhabitants per km2.
In October 20 ...
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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
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 Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru ...
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Explorer
Otto von Kotzebue
Otto von Kotzebue (; 30 December 1787 – 15 February 1846) was a Baltic German naval officer in the Imperial Russian Navy. He commanded two naval expeditions into the Pacific for the purposes of exploration and scientific investigation. The fi ...
(1788–1846) spent his last years in
Kõue Manor (Triigi) which he bought in 1832.
Estonian mountaineer and photographer
Jaan Künnap was also born and raised in Kõue.
After the local government council elections in 2013, Kõue municipality joined Kose municipality and is now known as
Kose Parish
Kose Parish () is a rural municipality in northern Estonia. It is a part of Harju County. The municipality has a population of 5,737 (as of 1 January 2004) and covers an area of . The population density is 24.2 inhabitants per km2.
In October 20 ...
.
References
External links
Kõue ManorKõue Manor
at Estonian Manors Portal
Villages in Harju County
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