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Haljala Parish
View on WikipediaHaljala Parish (Estonian: Haljala vald) is a rural municipality of Estonia, in Lääne-Viru County. The municipality got its current borders following the 2017 administrative reform when Vihula municipality was merged with Haljala municipality.
Key Information
Demographics
[edit]As of 1 January 2026, the parish had 3,909 residents, of which 1,929 (49.3%) were women and 1,980 (50.7%) were men.[1]
There are two small boroughs (Haljala and Võsu) and 72 villages in the municipality.
Religion
[edit]The majority of the older than fifteen years residents of Haljala parish, 86.9% are religiously unaffiliated. Among those residents who do associate with a religion, 8.5% identify as Lutheran while other Christian denominations make up 1.1% of the population. 3.5% of the population follows other religions or did not specify their religious affiliation.[2]
Notable people
[edit]Notable people who were born or lived in Haljala Parish include the following:
- Konstantin Osvet (1889–1946), journalist and caricaturist, born in Kärmu or Vanamõisa
International relations
[edit]Twin towns — sister cities
[edit]Haljala Parish is twinned with:[3]
Dorotea Municipality, Sweden
Pyhtää Municipality, Finland
Schönberg, Germany
References
[edit]- ^ "RV0282U: POPULATION BY SEX, AGE GROUP AND PLACE OF RESIDENCE, 1 JANUARY". PxWeb. Retrieved 2026-05-16.
- ^ "stat.ee".
- ^ "Sõprusvallad" (in Estonian). Haljala vald. Archived from the original on 3 October 2022. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
External links
[edit]- Official website (in Estonian)
59°25′01″N 26°15′41″E / 59.41694°N 26.26139°E
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