Kehra
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Kehra is a town in Harju County
, northern Estonia
. It's the administrative cntre of Anija Parish. Kehra has a population of 3,060 (1 January 2009).
Kehra has a station on the Elektriraudtee rail line.
The town is home to a main church, built by the Russians, called "Unity in Christ".
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's the administrative cntre of Anija Parish. Kehra has a population of 3,060 (1 January 2009).
Kehra has a station on the Elektriraudtee rail line.
The town is home to a main church, built by the Russians, called "Unity in Christ".
Notable residents
- Kare KauksKare KauksKare Kauks is an Estonian singer and music teacher.-Career:Kare Kauks has been vocal-coached by Heidy Tamme at the pop department of Tallinn Music School...
(born 1961), singer and music teacher - August VagaAugust VagaAugust Vaga was an Estonian botanist. Much of his research into botany was conducted in Tartu, and he was affiliated with the Estonian Institute of Zoology and Botany from its founding in 1947 to 1952....
(1893–1960), botanist - Silvi VraitSilvi Vrait-Biography:Vrait graduated from the Kehra Music School in 1968 on piano.In 1974 she was graduated from the Tartu University on English philology and from 1994, she teaches English in a secondary school in Tallinn...
(born 1951), singer and music teacher - Karmen PedaruKarmen Pedaru- Early life :Karmen Pedaru was born on 10 May 1990 in Kehra, Estonia. Born into an athletic family, Pedaru became interested in sports at a very early age. From the time she was six, Pedaru played a variety of sports, including basketball, soccer and handball...
(born 1990), fashion model