Kose Parish Kose vald | |
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) 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 |
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.
Administrative centre of the Municipalities 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)
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
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Kose-Uuemõisa Manor
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Ruins of Kose-Uuemõisa chapel
Tuhala Witch's well
Landscape in Vilama
Pirita River in Kose
Ravila manor
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Saula Blue Springs
Tuhala church
Vardja
Võlle
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See also
- Blue Springs of Saula
References
- ^ a b c "Sõprusvallad" (in Estonian). Kose vald. Retrieved 16 November 2010.
External links
- Official website (in Estonian)