Harju County

Harju County
Harju County
County of Estonia
	Flag Coat of arms
	Coordinates: 59°20′N 25°00′E / 59.333°N 25.000°E
Country	Estonia
Capital	Tallinn
Government
• Governor	Ülle Rajasalu
Area
• Total	4,333 km2 (1,673 sq mi)
Population (Jan 2011)
• Total	528,468
• Density	120/km2 (320/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code	EE-37

Harju County (Estonian: Harju maakond) is one of the 15 counties of Estonia. It is in northern Estonia. Around 528,468 people live in Harju County. This is about 39.4% of the total population in Estonia (as of January 2011).^[1]

There are a number of protected areas in Harju County. Lahemaa National Park was the first national park in the Soviet Union. There are 21 nature reserves and 25 landscape protection areas, that are at least partly in Harju County. The largest is the Põhja-Kõrvemaa Nature Reserve.

Municipalities

Harju County is divided into 16 municipalities. Four are urban and 12 are rural.

Rank	Municipality	Type	Population (2018)^[2]	Area km²^[2]	Density^[2]
1	Anija Parish	Rural	6,280	533	11.8
2	Harku Parish	Rural	14,356	159	90.3
3	Jõelähtme Parish	Rural	6,424	211	30.4
4	Keila	Urban	9,956	11	905.1
5	Kiili Parish	Rural	5,302	100	53.0
6	Kose Parish	Rural	7,196	533	13.5
7	Kuusalu Parish	Rural	6,547	708	9.2
8	Loksa	Urban	2,663	4	665.8
9	Lääne-Harju Parish	Rural	12,881	644	20.0
10	Maardu	Urban	15,722	23	683.6
11	Raasiku Parish	Rural	5,050	159	31.8
12	Rae Parish	Rural	17,968	207	86.8
13	Saku Parish	Rural	9,864	171	57.7
14	Saue Parish	Rural	21,711	615	35.3
15	Tallinn	Urban	448,758	158	2,840.2
16	Viimsi Parish	Rural	19,784	73	271.0

References

1 2 "Estonia's natural increase in 2010 was positive again after 20 years". stat.ee. Statistics Estonia. 25 April 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-04-29. Retrieved 2011-04-30.
1 2 3 "Elanike demograafiline jaotus maakonniti". Kohaliku omavalitsuse portaal. Archived from the original on 2 March 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2018.

Other websites

Harju County Government Archived 2005-06-20 at the Wayback Machine – Official website (in Estonian)

[County_population-1] 1 2 "Estonia's natural increase in 2010 was positive again after 20 years". stat.ee. Statistics Estonia. 25 April 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-04-29. Retrieved 2011-04-30.

[population-2] 1 2 3 "Elanike demograafiline jaotus maakonniti". Kohaliku omavalitsuse portaal. Archived from the original on 2 March 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2018.

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