Lääne-Viru Coonty
Lääne-Viru Coonty (Estonie: Lääne-Viru maakond), or Lääne-Virumaa, is ane o 15 coonties o Estonie. It is situatit in northren Estonie, on the sooth coast o the Guwf o Finland. In Estonie, lääne means wastren an ida means east, eastren. Lääne-Viru borders Ida-Viru Coonty tae the east, Jõgeva Coonty tae the sooth, an Järva an Harju Coonties tae the wast. 67,151 fowk live in Lääne-Viru Coonty – constitutin 5.0% o the total population in Estonie (as o Januar 2009).[1]
Lääne-Viru County | |
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 Banner  Coat airms | |
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| Kintra | Estonie |
| Caipital | Rakvere |
| Govrenment | |
| • Govrenor | Einar Vallbaum (2009-) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3465 km2 (1,338 sq mi) |
| Population (Jan 2009[1]) | |
| • Total | 67,151 |
| • Density | 19/km2 (50/sq mi) |
| ISO 3166 code | EE-59 |
History
eeditIn prehistoric times Lääne-Virumaa wis settled bi Estonies o Vironian tribe.
Coonty Govrenment
eeditThe Coonty Govrenment (Estonie: maavalitsus) is led bi a Govrenor (Estonie: maavanem), who is appointit bi the Govrenment o Estonie. Syne 2004, the Govrenor position haes been held bi Urmas Tamm. The coonty seat is Rakvere.
Municipalities
eeditThe coonty is subdividit intae municipalities. Thare are 2 urban municipalities (Estonie: linnad – touns) an 13 landwart municipalities (Estonie: vallad – pairishes) in Lääne-Viru Coonty.
Urban municipalities:
Landwart municipalities:
- Haljala Pairish
- Kadrina Pairish
- Laekvere Pairish
- Rakke Pairish
- Rakvere Pairish
- Rägavere Pairish
- Sõmeru Pairish
- Tamsalu Pairish (includes the toun o Tamsalu)
- Tapa Pairish (includes the toun o Tapa)
- Vihula Pairish
- Vinni Pairish
- Viru-Nigula Pairish
- Väike-Maarja Pairish
References
eedit- ↑ a b "Population by sex, ethnic nationality and County, 1 January". stat.ee. Statistics Estonia. 1 Januar 2009. Retrieved 18 October 2009.
Freemit airtins
eedit- Lääne-Viru Coonty Govrenment – Offeecial wabsteid
- Lääne-Virumaa Coonty Infoserver – map an tourism info Archived 2010-03-28 at the Wayback Machine