Lääne-Viru Coonty

Lääne-Viru County
Coonty o Estonie
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Kintra	Estonie
Caipital	Rakvere
Govrenment
• Govrenor	Einar Vallbaum (2009-)
Area
• Total	3465 km2 (1,338 sq mi)
Population  (Jan 2009)
• Total	67,151
• Density	19/km2 (50/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code	EE-59

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).

History

In prehistoric times Lääne-Virumaa wis settled bi Estonies o Vironian tribe.

Coonty Govrenment

The 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

The 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:

• Kunda
• Rakvere

Municipalities o Lääne-Viru Coonty

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

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Freemit airtins

• Lääne-Viru Coonty Govrenment – Offeecial wabsteid
• Lääne-Virumaa Coonty Infoserver – map an tourism info Archived 2010-03-28 at the Wayback Machine