Rae is a village in Rae Parish,

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, in northern

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. Rae has a population of 602 (as of 1 January 2010). Rae Manor (''Johannishof'') was first mentioned in 1390. From the 16th century it belonged to the St. John's Almshouse, later it was owned by the

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(''raad'') of

. The single-story historicist stone main building was constructed in the 1850s. Rae is bordered by the Tallinn–Tartu road (E263) to the southwest and the Tallinn Ring Road (nr. 11) to the southeast. The northeastern half of the village territory behind the Vaskjala– Ülemiste canal is covered by Rae bog.

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Rae Manor
at Estonian Manors Portal Villages in Harju County Kreis Harrien {{harju-geo-stub