Tapa Parish

Tapa (English taps) is a municipality in the Estonian Lääne- Viru with an area of ​​262.8 km ². It has 8338 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013).

Structure

The administrative headquarters is located in the homonymous municipality belonging to the city of tapas. In addition, belong to the municipality the villages Imastu, Jootme, Jäneda Karkuse, Kiku, Kõrveküla, Lehtse, Linnape, Moe, Nõmmküla, Näo, Pariisi, Patika, Rägavere, Saiakopli, Saksi and Vahakulmu.

Policy

Citizens head

  • 2005-2009: Aleksander Sile, Estonian Centre Party
  • Since 2009: Urmas Roosimägi, no party affiliation

Mayor

History

At the end of 2005, the municipality Tapa was launched by the merger of the town of Tapa and the communities Lehtse and Saksi.

Population Development

Community partnerships

  • Sweden Trosa in Sweden
  • Finland Akaa in Finland
  • Preetz Germany in Schleswig -Holstein, Germany
  • United States Cumberland, Maryland, USA, since 1990/1991

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Friedrich von Hoyningen -Huene (1843-1921), lepidopterist and Phänologe
  • Nikolai Reek (1890-1942), Military
  • Artur Sirk (1900-1937), politician and military
  • Rubin Teitelbaum (1907-1941), weight
  • Artur gutter (1910-1984), opera singer and performer of popular music
  • Sara Teitelbaum (1910-1941), athlete
  • Veera Saar (1912-2004), writer
  • Ilmar Talve (1919-2007), writer, literary scholar and ethnographer
  • Ellen Niit ( born 1928 ), writer and translator
  • Priit Pärn ( born 1946 ), animated film director, honorary citizen of Tapa (2009)
  • Dmitri Kruglov ( born 1984 ), football player
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