Vasalemma

{{Short description|Borough in Estonia}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Vasalemma

| settlement_type = Small borough

| image_skyline = Vasalemma mõisa peahoone, 1893 (3).jpg

| image_caption = Vasalemma Manor main building

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| coordinates = {{Coord|59|14|15|N|24|17|36|E|region:EE|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{flag|Estonia}}

| subdivision_type1 = County

| subdivision_name1 = 24px Harju County

| subdivision_type2 = Municipality

| subdivision_name2 = Lääne-Harju Parish

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| population_total = 879

| population_as_of = 2011 Census

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Vasalemma is a small borough ({{langx|et|alevik}}) in Harju County, northwestern Estonia. As of the 2011 census, the settlement's population was 879, of which the Estonians were 711 (80.9%).{{cite web|title=Number and share of Estonians by place of residence (settlement)|url=http://pub.stat.ee/px-web.2001/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=PC004&lang=1|publisher=Statistics Estonia|access-date=31 May 2013|date=31 December 2011}}

Vasalemma has a station on the Elron western route.

Vasalemma Manor

Vasalemma ({{langx|de|Wassalem}}) estate was founded in 1825 and in 1890-93 the present manor house was erected by Baltic German landowner Eduard von Baggehufwudt. The architect was Konstantin Wilcken, who designed the house in a bare limestone neo-Gothic style. Several interior details have survived from this period, such as wainscoting, coffered ceilings and pig-iron ovens.{{cite book | last = Sakk | first = Ivar | title = Estonian Manors - A Travelogue | publisher = Sakk & Sakk OÜ | date = 2004 | location = Tallinn | pages = 34 | isbn = 9949-10-117-4 }}{{cite book | last = Viirand| first = Tiiu| title = Estonia. Cultural Tourism | publisher = Kunst Publishers | date = 2004 | page = 56 | isbn = 9949-407-18-4 }}

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