Lääne-Viru County

Infobox_Maakond
name=Lääne-Viru
fullname=Lääne-Viru maakond

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capital=Rakvere
official_language=Estonian, Vironian
governor=Urmas Tamm
area=3,465
arearank=3rd
population_as_of=2004
population=66,743
populationrank=5th
populationdensity=19.3
densityrank=4th
isocode=EE-59

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Lääne-Viru County ( _et. Lääne-Viru maakond), or "Lääne-Virumaa", is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It is situated in northern Estonia, on the south coast of the Gulf of Finland. In Estonian, "lääne" means west and "ida" means east. Lääne-Viru borders Ida-Viru County to the east, Jõgeva County to the south, and Järva and Harju Counties to the west. 4.9% of the total population of Estonia live in Lääne-Viru.

History

In prehistoric times Lääne-Virumaa was settled by Estonians of Vironian tribe.

County Government

The County Government (Estonian: "maavalitsus") is led by a Governor (Estonian: "maavanem"), who is appointed by the Government of Estonia. Since 2004, the Governor position has been held by Urmas Tamm. The county seat is Rakvere.

Municipalities

The county is subdivided into municipalities. There are 2 urban municipalities (Estonian: "linnad" - towns) and 13 rural municipalities (Estonian: "vallad" - parishes) in Lääne-Viru County.

Urban municipalities:
*Kunda
*Rakvere

Rural municipalities:
*Haljala Parish
*Kadrina Parish
*Laekvere Parish
*Rakke Parish
*Rakvere Parish
*Rägavere Parish
*Sõmeru Parish
*Tamsalu Parish
*Tapa Parish
*Vihula Parish
*Vinni Parish
*Viru-Nigula Parish
*Väike-Maarja Parish

Geography

External links

* [http://www.l-virumv.ee/ Lääne-Viru County Government] - Official website
* [http://www.virumaa.info/ Lääne-Virumaa County Infoserver - map and tourism info]

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