Saku, Estonia
Encyclopedia
Saku is a small borough
in Harju County
, Estonia
, located 16 km south from Tallinn
, the capital. It is the administrative centre of Saku Parish. Saku has a population of 4,712 (as of 1 January 2010) which makes it the biggest small borough
in Estonia.
Saku is most known by Saku Brewery which is one of two biggest breweries in Estonia.
Saku has a station on the Edelaraudtee's western route.
Vääna River crosses Saku.
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...
, 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...
, located 16 km south from Tallinn
Tallinn
Tallinn is the capital and largest city of Estonia. It occupies an area of with a population of 414,940. It is situated on the northern coast of the country, on the banks of the Gulf of Finland, south of Helsinki, east of Stockholm and west of Saint Petersburg. Tallinn's Old Town is in the list...
, the capital. It is the administrative centre of Saku Parish. Saku has a population of 4,712 (as of 1 January 2010) which makes it the biggest small borough
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 Estonia.
Saku is most known by Saku Brewery which is one of two biggest breweries in Estonia.
Saku has a station on the Edelaraudtee's western route.
Vääna River crosses Saku.
Notable people
- Evelin IlvesEvelin IlvesEvelin Ilves is the First Lady of Estonia, married to Toomas Hendrik Ilves, the current President of Estonia....
(born 1968), First Lady of Estonia, grew up in Saku. - Juss Laansoo (born 1983), motocross rider
- Grit ŠadeikoGrit ŠadeikoGrit Šadeiko is an Estonian heptathlete.Her younger sister Grete Šadeiko is also a heptathlete.-Achievements:-External links:...
(born 1989), heptathlete, was born in Saku. - Jaak UrmetJaak UrmetJaak Urmet is an Estonian writer.Jaak Urmet studied Estonian philology and history at the Tallinn Pedagogical University and from 2002 to 2004 literary theory , graduated as M.A...
(pseudonym Wimberg; born 1979), writer, was born in Saku.