Kuusalu
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Kuusalu is a small borough
in Harju County
, northern Estonia
. It is the administrative centre of Kuusalu Parish. Kuusalu has a population of 1,220 (as of 1 January 2010).
Populated places in Estonia
Populated places in Estonia are settlements or territorial units within a municipality. Populated places have no administrative functions. A group of populated places form a rural municipality with local administration...
in Harju County
Harju County
Harju County , or Harjumaa , nowadays one of 15 counties of Estonia. It is situated in northern Estonia, on the south coast of the Gulf of Finland, and borders Lääne-Viru County to the east, Järva County to the south-east, Rapla County to the south, and Lääne County to the south-west.528,468 people...
, northern Estonia
Estonia
Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...
. It is the administrative centre of Kuusalu Parish. Kuusalu has a population of 1,220 (as of 1 January 2010).
Notable people
- Eduard Ahrens (1803–1863), clergyman and linguist
- Ludvig OskarLudvig OskarLudvig Oskar was an Estonian painter.He started his art studies in 1903, while artist Ants Laikmaa opened his studio school. In addition to studio classes Oskar took watercolor classes with Karl Winkler.After studies abroad he taught at Tallinna Reaalkool...
(1874–1951), painter - Veljo TormisVeljo TormisVeljo Tormis is an Estonian composer, regarded to be one of the greatest living choral composers and one of the most important composers of the 20th century in Estonia. Internationally, his fame arises chiefly from his extensive body of choral music, which exceeds 500 individual choral songs, most...
(born 1930), composer