Tapa Parish

Tapa Parish

Infobox_Commune_Estonia
name=Tapa
fullname=Tapa vald







county=Lääne-Viru County
area=264.33
population=8,894
population_as_of=2008
populationdensity=33.65
centre=Tapa
coordinates=coord|59.266667|25.95|type:city_region:EE|display=inline,title



Tapa Parish ( _et. Tapa vald) is a rural municipality in Lääne-Viru County in northern Estonia. On January 1, 2008, the parish had 8,894 residents, down from 9,067 one year earlier.

The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Tapa. It is located 70 km to east of Estonia's capital, Tallinn.

History

Tapa Parish was established in October 2005 by merging the town of Tapa with surrounding rural municipalities.

Local government

Current chairman of the council (Estonian: "volikogu esimees") is Aleksander Sile.

Current mayor (Estonian: "vallavanem") is Kuno Rooba.

Geography

Populated places

There are the town of Tapa, the small borough of Lehtse and 25 villages in Tapa Parish.

External links

* [http://www.tapa.ee Official website]


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