3-574: Jüri is a small borough ( Estonian : alevik ) in Harju County , northern Estonia . It is located 12 km (7.5 mi) southeast of the capital Tallinn , by the Tallinn–Tartu road (E263), directly after the intersection with Tallinn Ring Road (nr. 11). Jüri is the administrative centre of Rae Parish . Jüri has a population of 3,594 as of 1 June 2023. In 2011, Jüri was the center of population of Estonia. Jüri has grown out of two parts:
6-508: The centre of Sommerling Kolkhoz (former Rosenhagen Manor ) in the west and a construction industry base with a residential area (former Jüri church and village) in the east. In the middle there is a protected Lehmja oak grove. In the 1630s the Rosenhagen Manor ( Lehmja since 1917) was established; nowadays the site is located in western Jüri. Today, though the wooden main building has been destroyed, several side buildings such as
9-1195: The workers house have remained. The earlier Jürgens (Jüri) church was probably located in Karla in 1401. The current church in Jüri was built in 1885 on the site of a medieval church building. From 1713 to 1748, Anton Thor Helle , the translator of the first Estonian Bible, was the pastor in Jürgens. Populated places in Estonia Populated places in Estonia (officially: settlement units ), are cities or settlement units of rural municipalities , but only cities have administrative functions. Settlement units are divided into settlements and urban regions (subdivisions of cities). Officially there are four types of settlement unit in Estonia: As of 2024, there were 47 cities, 13 towns, 186 hamlets and 4457 villages in Estonia. This Estonia -related article
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