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Lääne-Viru County

county in Estonia
AdministrativeArea county Q189952
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Summary

Lääne-Viru County is a county[1]. It ranks in the top 10% of county entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (526 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Estonia[3]
  • Country: Estonia[4]
  • Capital: Rakvere[5]
  • Shares border with: Ida-Viru County[6], Jõgeva County[7], Järva County[8], Harju County[9]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Haljala Rural Municipality[10], Kadrina Rural Municipality[11], Tapa Rural Municipality[12], Väike-Maarja Rural Municipality[13], Vinni Rural Municipality[14], Rakvere City[15], Rakvere Rural Municipality[16], Viru-Nigula Rural Municipality[17]
  • Flag: flag of Lääne-Viru County[18]
  • Twinned administrative body: Jönköping Municipality[19], Plön District[20], Gävleborg County[21], Vest-Agder[22], Konin County[23], Panevėžys County[24], Kuopio[25], Dobele Municipality[26]
  • Commons category: Lääne-Viru County[27]
  • Licence plate code: R[28]
  • Located in time zone: UTC+02:00[29], UTC+03:00[30]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Lääne-Viru County[31]
  • Population: 59,583[32], 59,039[33], 59,467[34], 58,856[35], 59,791[36], 59,325[37], 58,862[38], 58,402[39], 59,608[40]
  • Official name: Lääne-Virumaa[41]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Lääne-Viru County[42]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Lääne-Viru County[43]
  • Category for people buried here: Q140193263[44]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Lääne-Viru County[45]
  • Area: 3628.58 km²[46], 3695.72 km²[47]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Eesti 1000[48]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Lääne-Viru County[49]

Why It Matters

Lääne-Viru County has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[50] It is known by 78 alternative names across languages and contexts.[51]

Related Entities

Estonia

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . Statistics Estonia. Retrieved . pub.stat.ee. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . Statistics Estonia. Retrieved . pub.stat.ee. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . Statistics Estonia. Retrieved . pub.stat.ee. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . Statistics Estonia. Retrieved . pub.stat.ee. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . Statistics Estonia. Retrieved . pub.stat.ee. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . Statistical Database of Statistics Estonia. Retrieved . andmed.stat.ee. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . Statistical Database of Statistics Estonia. Retrieved . andmed.stat.ee. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . Statistical Database of Statistics Estonia. Retrieved . andmed.stat.ee. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . Statistics Estonia. Retrieved . andmed.stat.ee. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . geoportaal.maaamet.ee. Retrieved . geoportaal.maaamet.ee. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . Land and Spatial Development Board. Retrieved . geoportaal.maaamet.ee. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [50] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [51] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-10-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'az', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'bs', 'ca', 'ce', 'ceb', 'cs', 'da', 'de',
    Sitelink count → 67
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 23d ago · Daniel Vincenc · 2026-09-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Contains the administrative territorial entity → Haljala Rural Municipality, Kadrina Rural Municipality, Tapa Rural Municipality +5
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Contains the administrative territorial entity: Haljala Rural Municipality"
  3. 18w ago · Miikul · 2026-06-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population → —
    Capital → —
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 59.25, 'lon': 26.333333333333}
    Category for people buried here → Q140193263
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Category for people buried here: Q140193263"
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