Männiku is a village in

Saku Parish Saku Parish () is a rural municipality in Harju County, north-western Estonia. The administrative centre of Saku Parish is Saku; a small town with population of 4,618 (as of 2005). It is situated 10 km south of Estonia's capital, Tallinn. ...

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

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. (retrieved 27 July 2021) It has a railway station on the

Tallinn Tallinn is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Estonia, most populous city of Estonia. Situated on a Tallinn Bay, bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, it has a population of (as of 2025) and ...

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railway line operated by

Elron (rail transit) AS Eesti Liinirongid, operating as Elron, is a government-owned passenger train operator in Estonia. Prior to 2014, the company operated exclusively the electrified commuter rail system in Harjumaa, and was known until October 2013 as ''Elektri ...

. About half of the village's territory (mostly its eastern part) is occupied by

Männiku training area Männiku training area is one of the six military training fields used by the Estonian Defence Forces. It is located just outside the capital of Estonia, Tallinn, in Saku Parish. Most of its territory of is within the borders of the village of ...

of the

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. On 1 July 2019, the western part of dissolved

Tammejärve Tammejärve was a village in Saku Parish, Harju County in northern Estonia. (retrieved 27 July 2021) It was located between Lake Raku and Tallinn–Viljandi road. On 1 July 2019 Tammejärve village was dissolved and its territory was divided betw ...

village was merged with Männiku's territory.

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Villages in Harju County {{Harju-geo-stub

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