Kose Parish

Kose Parish Kose vald
Municipality of Estonia
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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  (01.01.2015)
• Total	7,104
• Density	13/km2 (35/sq mi)
Website	www.kosevald.ee

Kose Parish (Template:Lang-et) 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. 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 (Template:Lang-et) 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
• Peräseinäjoki, Finland
• Plášťovce, Slovakia

Gallery

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  View at Kose
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  Kose church
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  Grave of navigator Otto von Kotzebue
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  Kose Gymnasium
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  Kose-Uuemõisa Manor
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  Ruins of Kose-Uuemõisa chapel
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  Tuhala Witch's well
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  Landscape in Vilama
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  Pirita River in Kose
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  Ravila manor
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  Saula Blue Springs
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  Tuhala church
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  Vardja
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  Võlle

See also

• Blue Springs of Saula

External links

• Official website Template:Et icon