Kose Parish

Kose Parish

Kose vald
Kose Parish Kose vald
Municipality of Estonia
	Flag Coat of arms
	Kose Parish within Harju County.
Country	Estonia
County	Harju County
Administrative centre	Kose
Government
• Mayor	Merle Pussak
Area
• Total	532.85 km2 (205.73 sq mi)
Population (22.01.2016)
• Total	7,183
• Density	13/km2 (35/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code	EE-338
Website	www.kosevald.ee

Kose Parish (Estonian: Kose vald) 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 237.33 km² (91.63 sq mi). The population density is 24.2 inhabitants per km².

In October 2013, neighbouring Kõue Parish was merged with Kose Parish.

The administrative centre of the municipality is the small borough (Estonian: alevik) of Kose. There are total of 5 small boroughs (Ardu, Habaja, Kose, Kose-Uuemõisa and Ravila) and 58 villages in Kose Parish: Aela, Ahisilla, Äksi, Alansi, Harmi, Kadja, Kanavere, Kantküla, Karla, Kata, Katsina, Kirivalla, Kiruvere, Kolu, Kõrvenurga, Kõue, Krei, Kuivajõe, Kukepala, Laane, Leistu, Liiva, Lööra, Lutsu, Marguse, Nõmbra, Nõmmeri, Nõrava, Nutu, Ojasoo, Oru, Pala, Palvere, Paunaste, Paunküla, Puusepa, Rava, Raveliku, Riidamäe, Rõõsa, Saarnakõrve, Sääsküla, Sae, Saula, Sõmeru, Silmsi, Tade, Tammiku, Triigi, Tuhala, Uueveski, Vahetüki, Vanamõisa, Vardja, Vilama, Virla, Viskla and Võlle.

People

Stage actress Ester Pajusoo (born 1934) was born in Kose Parish (then Tuhala Parish).

Religion

Religion in Kose Parish (2021) [1]

Unaffiliated (86.2%)

Lutheran (7.9%)

Orthodox (1.8%)

Others Christians (3.2%)

Others Religions or Unknown (0.9%)

Twin towns — sister cities

Ócsa, Hungary^[1]
Peräseinäjoki, Finland^[1]
Plášťovce, Slovakia^[1]

Gallery

View at Kose
Kose church
Grave of navigator Otto von Kotzebue
Kose Gymnasium
Kose-Uuemõisa Manor
Ruins of Kose-Uuemõisa chapel
Tuhala Witch's well
Landscape in Vilama
Pirita River in Kose
Ravila manor
Saula Blue Springs
Tuhala church
Vardja
Võlle

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Sõprusvallad" (in Estonian). Kose vald. Retrieved 16 November 2010.

External links

Official website (in Estonian)

59°11′N 25°10′E / 59.183°N 25.167°E / 59.183; 25.167

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[twin_towns-1] "Sõprusvallad" (in Estonian). Kose vald. Retrieved 16 November 2010.

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