Jõgeva County

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.

Jõgeva County
County of Estonia
Coat of arms
CountryEstonia
CapitalJõgeva
Government
 • GovernorViktor Svjatõšev
Area
 • Total2,603.83 km2 (1,005.34 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)
 • Total28,734[1]
 • Rank10th
Ethnicity
 • Estonians91.4%
 • Russians6.7%
 • other1.9%
ISO 3166 codeEE-50
Vehicle registrationJ
Websitewww.jogevamaa.ee

History

Jõgeva County or Jõgevamaa was created January 1, 1990 from a parts of Viljandimaa and Tartumaa counties.[2]

County government

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
Municipalities since 2017.

The county is subdivided into municipalities. There are three rural municipalities (Estonian: vallad – parishes) in Jõgeva County.

RankMunicipalityTypePopulation
(2018)[3]		Area
km2[3]		Density[3]
1Jõgeva ParishRural13,8891,03813.4
2Mustvee ParishRural5,6436159.2
3Põltsamaa ParishRural10,01289111.2

See also

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References
  1. https://www.stat.ee/ppe-1167414
  2. http://entsyklopeedia.ee/artikkel/j%C3%B5gevamaa3
  3. "Elanike demograafiline jaotus maakonniti". Kohaliku omavalitsuse portaal. Archived from the original on 2 March 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2018.

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