Lääne-Viru County

Lääne-Viru County or Western Virumaa (Estonian: Lääne-Viru maakond or Lääne-Virumaa) is a County or maakond of Estonia. It is located in northern Estonia bordering to Ida-Viru, Järva, Jõgeva and Harju counties.

Lääne-Viru maakond

County	EE-59
County Capital	Rakvere
Area  - Total  - Percent	Ranked xx th 3,465 km² x.x %
Population  - Total (Year)  - Percent  - Density	Ranked 5th 70,592 x.x % xx.x/km²

Table of contents

1 History 2 County Government 3 Municipalities 4 Geography 5 Miscellaneous topics 6 External Links

History

Population of the county is 70,592 (01.01.2002). Regarding the size of population, West-Viru is the fifth largest county in Estonia.

County Government

The County Government (Maakonnavalitsus) is lead by a Governor (maavanem).

Municipalities

There are 18 units of self-governments in West-Viru County: 4 urban municipalities (towns) and 14 rural municipalities.

Towns

• Rakvere
• Tapa
• Kunda
• Tamsalu

Municipalities

• Avanduse
• Sõmeru
• Haljala
• Tamsalu
• Kadrina
• Laekvere
• Vihula
• Rakke
• Vinni
• Rakvere
• Viru-Nigula
• Rägavere
• Saksi
• Väike-Maarja

Geography

Miscellaneous topics

External Links

• Lääne-Virumaa - Official site

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Counties of Estonia:
Harjumaa  |  Hiiumaa  |  Ida-Virumaa  |  Jõgevamaa  |  Järvamaa
Läänemaa  |  Lääne-Virumaa  |  Põlvamaa  |  Pärnumaa  |  Raplamaa
Saaremaa  |  Tartumaa  |  Valgamaa  |  Viljandimaa  |  Võrumaa