Jõgeva County
Jõgeva County
Jõgevamaa | |
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Country | Estonia |
Capital | Jõgeva |
Government | |
• Governor | Viktor Svjatõšev |
Area | |
• Total | 2,603.83 km2 (1,005.34 sq mi) |
Population (2022[1]) | |
• Total | 27,857 |
• Rank | 10th |
• Density | 11/km2 (28/sq mi) |
Ethnicity | |
• Estonians | 91.4% |
• Russians | 6.7% |
• other | 1.9% |
GDP | |
• Total | €466 million (2022) |
• Per capita | €16,768 (2022) |
ISO 3166 code | EE-50 |
Vehicle registration | J |
Website | www |
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.
History
[edit]Jõgeva County or Jõgevamaa was created January 1, 1990 from a parts of Viljandimaa and Tartumaa counties.[3]
County government
[edit]The County government (Estonian: Maavalitsus) was led by a governor (Estonian: maavanem), who was appointed by the Government of Estonia for a term of five years. Since 2009 until 2018, the Jõgeva County governor position was held by Viktor Svjatõšev. From 01.01.2018 County governments were shut down in Estonia.
Municipalities
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The county is subdivided into municipalities. There are three rural municipalities (Estonian: vallad – parishes) in Jõgeva County.
Rank | Municipality | Type | Population (2018)[4] |
Area km2[4] |
Density[4] |
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1 | Jõgeva Parish | Rural | 13,889 | 1,038 | 13.4 |
2 | Mustvee Parish | Rural | 5,643 | 615 | 9.2 |
3 | Põltsamaa Parish | Rural | 10,012 | 891 | 11.2 |
Religion
[edit]Religion in Jõgeva County (2021)[1]
Religion | 2000 | 2011 | 2021 | |||
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Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | |
Christianity | 7,815 | 25.8 | 5,504 | 20.5 | 4,640 | 19.3 |
—Orthodox Christians | 954 | 3.2 | 1,081 | 4.0 | 1,160 | 4.8 |
—Lutherans | 5,982 | 19.7 | 3,686 | 13.8 | 2,690 | 11,2 |
—Catholics | 37 | 0.1 | 34 | 0.1 | 140 | 0.5 |
—Baptists | 58 | 0.2 | 59 | 0.2 | 80 | 0.3 |
—Jehovah's Witnesses | 95 | 0.3 | 110 | 0.4 | 100 | 0.4 |
—Pentecostals | 14 | 0.04 | 29 | 0.1 | 30 | 0.1 |
—Old Believers | 600 | 2.0 | 404 | 1.5 | 360 | 1.5 |
—Methodists | 11 | 0.04 | 7 | 0.02 | - | - |
—Adventists | 64 | 0.3 | 57 | 0.2 | 40 | 0.1 |
—Other Christians | - | - | 37 | 0.1 | 40 | 0.1 |
Islam | 7 | 0.02 | 8 | 0.02 | - | |
Buddhism | - | - | 16 | 0.05 | 10 | 0.04 |
Other religions** | 106 | 0.3 | 186 | 0.7 | 260 | 1.0 |
No religion | 12,838 | 42.4 | 17,505 | 65.5 | 16,370 | 68.3 |
Not stated*** | 9,514 | 31.4 | 3,497 | 13.1 | 2,630 | 11.0 |
Total population* | 30,280 | 26,721 | 23,940 | |||
*The censuses of Estonia count the religious affiliations of the population older than 15 years of age.[5] ".[5] |
See also
[edit]Images
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Central Jõgeva parish
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Main building of Kuremaa manor
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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
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Main building of Lustivere manor
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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
[edit]- ^ "Jõgeva maakond - Valik andmeid - Piirkondlik portree Eestist".
- ^ "GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT BY COUNTY". stat.ee.
- ^ "Jõgeva maakond - Eesti Entsüklopeedia". Entsyklopeedia.ee. 2017-01-19. Retrieved 2022-05-05.
- ^ a b c "Elanike demograafiline jaotus maakonniti". Kohaliku omavalitsuse portaal. Archived from the original on 2 March 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- ^ a b c Official census data from Statistics Estonia:
- 2000 Census:
- 2011 Census:
- 2021 Census:
External links
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- Jõgeva County – Official website (in Estonian)