Saku Parish

Saku Parish (Estonian: Saku vald) is a rural municipality in Harju County, north-western Estonia.

The administrative centre of Saku Parish is Saku; a small town with population of 4,618 (as of 2005). It is situated 10 km south of Estonia's capital, Tallinn.

Established in 1866.

Awarded the Japanese Foreign Minister’s Commendation for their contributions to promotion of mutual understanding between Estonia and Japan on December 1, 2020.^[1][2]

Current chairman of the council (est: volikogu esimees) is Eero Alamaa.

As of 2018, the mayor (est: vallavanem) is Marti Rehemaa.

According to the census, 10.5 per cent of the population in the municipality aged at least fifteen identified themselves as Lutherans, 2.9 per cent as Orthodox, 3.1 per cent as others Christians. 2.8 per cent of respondents said they followed other religions or their affiliation was unknown. The majority of residents, 80.7 per cent were religiously unaffiliated.^[3]

There are 2 small towns (est: alevikud, sg. alevik) and 19 villages (est: külad, sg. küla) in Saku Parish.

Small towns: Kiisa, Saku.

Villages: Jälgimäe, Juuliku, Kajamaa, Kasemetsa, Kirdalu, Kurtna, Lokuti, Männiku, Metsanurme, Rahula, Roobuka, Saue, Saustinõmme, Sookaera-Metsanurga, Tänassilma, Tagadi, Tammemäe, Tõdva, Üksnurme.

Kurtna is home to Bandy Federation of Estonia:[1]

• Official website
• Maps of Saku Parish Archived 2012-08-06 at the Wayback Machine

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