Väike-Maarja Parish (Estonian: Väike-Maarja vald) is a rural municipality of Estonia, in Lääne-Viru County. It has a population of 5,421 (as of 1 January 2009) and an area of 457.39 km².
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Settlements
Small boroughs
Kiltsi, Rakke, Simuna, Väike-Maarja
Villages
Aavere - Aburi - Äntu - Ärina - Avanduse - Avispea - Ebavere - Edru - Eipri - Emumäe - Hirla - Imukvere - Jäätma - Kaavere - Kadiküla - Kamariku - Kännuküla - Kärsa - Käru - Kellamäe - Kitsemetsa - Koila - Koluvere - Kõpsta - Koonu - Kurtna - Lahu - Lammasküla - Lasinurme - Liigvalla - Liivaküla - Määri - Mäiste - Mõisamaa - Müüriku - Nadalama - Nõmme - Nõmmküla - Olju - Orguse - Padaküla - Pandivere - Piibe - Pikevere - Pudivere - Raeküla - Raigu - Räitsvere - Rastla - Salla - Sandimetsa - Sootaguse - Suure-Rakke - Tammiku - Triigi - Uuemõisa - Väike-Rakke - Väike-Tammiku - Vao - Varangu - Villakvere - Võivere - Vorsti
Religion
Among the residents of Väike-Maarja Parish, 8.0% declared themselves to be Lutheran, 2.3% to be Orthodox while other Christian denominations make up 0.4% of the population. The majority of residents of the parish, 87.8% are religiously unaffiliated. 1.5 % of the population follows other religions or did not specify their religious affiliation.
Notable people
Magnus Georg Paucker (1787 in Simuna – 1855), a Baltic German astronomer and mathematician
Karl Ernst von Baer (1792 in Piibe – 1876), a Baltic German scientist, explorer, naturalist, biologist, geologist and meteorologist.
Friedrich Robert Faehlmann (1798 in Ao - 1850), writer, medical doctor and philologist.
Werner Zoege von Manteuffel (1857 in Määri – 1926), Baltic German medical surgeon, an early advocate of sterilised gloves.
Juhan Kukk (1885 in Käru – 1942), politician, Minister of Finance, 1919 to 1920
Leo Sepp (1892 in Simuna – 1941), politician, businessman and writer; Minister of Finance, 1924 to 1927 and 1938 to 1940.
Voldemar Karl Koht (1893 in Vao Parish – 1942), military officer, commander of the Armored Train Regiment
Tuudur Vettik (1898 in Nadalama – 1982), composer, choral conductor and pedagogue, associated with the Estonian Song Festival
Olev Roomet (1901 in Simuna - 1987), musician, a violin player, a player of the torupill (Estonian bagpipe)
Kalju Karask (1931 in Rakke – 2011), an tenor opera and operetta singer and actor.
Kuno Pajula (1924 in Käru – 2012), prelate, Archbishop of Tallinn
Õnne Kurg (born 1973 in Rakke), cross-country skier, she competed in four events at the 1998 Winter Olympics
International relations
Twin towns — Sister cities
Hausjärvi, Finland (since 1989)
Kaarma, Estonia
Sirdal, Norway (since 1994)
Sonkajärvi, Finland (since 1997)
Tommerup, Denmark (1995–2007)