Jõgeva County

Jõgeva County
County of Estonia
Flag Coat of arms
Country	Estonia
Capital	Jõgeva
Government
• Governor	Viktor Svjatõšev
Area
• Total	2,603.83 km2 (1,005.34 sq mi)
Population (2011 census)
• Total	31,376
• Density	12/km2 (31/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code	EE-49
Vehicle registration	J
Website	www.jogevamaa.ee

Jõgeva County (Estonian: Jõgeva maakond), or Jõgevamaa, is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It is situated in eastern part of the country and borders Ida-Viru County to the north-east, Lake Peipus to the east, Tartu County to the south, Viljandi County to the south-west, Järva County to the north-west and Lääne-Viru County to the north. In January 2009 Jõgeva County had a population of 36,780 – constituting 2.7% of the total population of Estonia.^[1]

History

Jõgeva County or Jõgevamaa was created January 1, 1990 from a parts of Viljandimaa and Tartumaa counties.^[2]

County government

The County government (Estonian: Maavalitsus) is led by a Governor (Estonian: maavanem), who is appointed by the Government of Estonia for a term of five years. Since 2009, the Governor position has been held by Viktor Svjatõšev.

Municipalities

The county is subdivided into municipalities. There are 3 urban municipalities (Estonian: linnad – towns) and 10 rural municipalities (Estonian: vallad – parishes) in Jõgeva County.

Urban municipalities:

• Jõgeva
• Mustvee
• Põltsamaa

Municipalities of Jõgeva County

Rural municipalities:

• Jõgeva
• Kasepää
• Pajusi
• Pala
• Palamuse
• Puurmani
• Põltsamaa
• Saare
• Tabivere
• Torma

See also

• Vooremaa
• Vooremaa (newspaper)

Images

• 
  Main building of Kuremaa manor
• 
  Kuremaa windmill
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  Torma Church
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  Kaiu Lake
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  Laiuse Castle ruins
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  Palamuse parish school
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  Jõgeva bus station
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  Mustvee Church
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  Kursi Church
• 
  Main building of Lustivere manor
• 
  Betti Alver museum in Jõgeva
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  Männikjärve bog in Endla
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  Estonian War of Independence Memorial in Kursi
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  Floodplain of the Pedja River in Alam-Pedja Nature Reserve near Kirna
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  Main building of Puurmani manor

References

External links

• Jõgeva County – Official website (in Estonian)

Geographic locale
Municipalities of Jõgeva County Urban municipalities Jõgeva Mustvee Põltsamaa Rural municipalities Jõgeva Kasepää Pajusi Pala Palamuse Põltsamaa Puurmani Saare Tabivere Torma Counties of Estonia Harjumaa Hiiumaa Ida-Virumaa Järvamaa Jõgevamaa Läänemaa Lääne-Virumaa Pärnumaa Põlvamaa Raplamaa Saaremaa Tartumaa Valgamaa Viljandimaa Võrumaa Cities and towns (Linnad) of Estonia Abja-Paluoja Antsla Elva Haapsalu Jõgeva Jõhvi Kallaste Kärdla Karksi-Nuia Kehra Keila Kilingi-Nõmme Kiviõli Kohtla-Järve Kunda Kuressaare Lihula Loksa Maardu Mõisaküla Mustvee Narva Narva-Jõesuu Otepää Paide Paldiski Pärnu Põltsamaa Põlva Püssi Rakvere Räpina Rapla Saue Sillamäe Sindi Suure-Jaani Tallinn Tamsalu Tapa Tartu Tõrva Türi Valga Viljandi Võhma Võru Jaanilinn (Ivangorod) and Petseri (Pechory) were annexed by the Soviet Union in 1945 and are currently part of Russia.

Coordinates: 58°42′N 26°24′E / 58.700°N 26.400°E / 58.700; 26.400

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