Rae is a village in
Rae Parish,
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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.
[ (retrieved 27 July 2021)] It's located just southeast of the capital
Tallinn
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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
city council
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(''raad'') of
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 ...
. 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.
Population
References
External links
Rae Manorat Estonian Manors Portal
Villages in Harju County
Kreis Harrien
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