:Märjamaa Parish

{{Short description|Municipality of Estonia (2017)}}

{{Update|reason=new parish with same name|date=March 2020}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Märjamaa Parish

| native_name = Märjamaa vald

| settlement_type = Municipality of Estonia

| image_skyline = Konuvere sild suvel.JPG

| imagesize = 200px

| image_caption = Konuvere bridge

| image_flag = Flag of Märjamaa Parish.svg

| flag_size = 85px

| image_shield = Märjamaa Parish Coat of Arms.svg

| shield_size = 75px

| image_map = Eesti Märjamaa vald 2017.svg

| mapsize =

| map_caption = Märjamaa Parish within Rapla County.

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = 25px Estonia

| subdivision_type1 = County

| subdivision_name1 = 25px Rapla County

| seat_type = Administrative centre

| seat = Märjamaa

| leader_party =

| leader_title =

| leader_name =

| area_total_km2 = 1164

| population_total = 7535

| population_as_of = 2019

| population_density_km2 = auto

| website = [http://www.marjamaa.ee www.marjamaa.ee]

| iso_code = EE-503

}}

Märjamaa Parish ({{langx|et|Märjamaa vald}}) is an Estonian municipality located in Rapla County. It had a population of 7,015 (as of November 2012){{Cite web|url=https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=et&u=http://marjamaa.kovtp.ee/et/marjamaa-nadalaleht&prev=/search?q=https://marjamaa.kovtp.ee/et/uldinfo&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=hQu&tbo=d&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&sa=X&ei=RvO3UOWZD4SS0QWHv4G4Aw&ved=0CDoQ7gEwAQ|title=Google Translate|website=translate.google.com|access-date=Jul 10, 2019}} and an area of 1,164 km2 (336.54 mi2). Märjamaa Parish was the biggest municipality in Estonia by area.

In 2017 it was merged with Vigala Parish and three villages from Raikküla Parish to form a new parish (also named Märjamaa Parish).

Settlements

Religion

{{Pie chart

|thumb = right

|caption = Religion in Märjamaa Parish (2021) [https://andmed.stat.ee/en/stat/rahvaloendus__rel2021__rahvastiku-demograafilised-ja-etno-kultuurilised-naitajad__usk/RL21452]

|label1 = Unaffiliated

|value1 = 81.9

|color1 = White

|label2 = Lutheran

|value2 = 12.0

|color2 = DodgerBlue

|label3 = Orthodox

|value3 = 1.1

|color3 = Pink

|label4 = Others Christians

|value4 = 0.03

|color4 = LightBlue

|label5 = Others Religions or Unknown

|value5 = 4.9

|color5 = Yellow

|label6 =

|value6 =

|color6 =

}}

People

Estonian Army General Jaan Kruus (1884–1942) was born in Sooniste Parish (now part of Märjamaa Parish).

Russian WWI general Paul von Rennenkampf was born in the village of Konuvere (now part of Märjamaa Parish).

References

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{{Raplamaa}}

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