Jõgeva County (Estonian: Jõgeva maakond or Jõgevamaa) is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It is situated in eastern part of the country and borders Ida-Viru County to the north-east, Lake Peipus to the east, Tartu County to the south, Viljandi County to the south-west, Järva County to the north-west and Lääne-Viru County to the north.

Jõgeva County Jõgevamaa
County of Estonia
Põltsamaa Castle
Flag Coat of arms
Country	Estonia
Capital	Jõgeva
Government
• Governor	Viktor Svjatõšev
Area
• Total	2,603.83 km2 (1,005.34 sq mi)
Population  (2017)
• Total	28,734[1]
• Rank	10th
Ethnicity
• Estonians	91.4%
• Russians	6.7%
• other	1.9%
ISO 3166 code	EE-50
Vehicle registration	J
Website	www.jogevamaa.ee

History

Jõgeva County or Jõgevamaa was created January 1, 1990 from a parts of Viljandimaa and Tartumaa counties.[2]

County government

The County government (Estonian: Maavalitsus) was led by a governor (Estonian: maavanem), who was appointed by the Government of Estonia for a term of five years. Since 2009 until 2018, the Jõgeva County governor position was held by Viktor Svjatõšev. From 01.01.2018 County governments were shut down in Estonia.

Municipalities

The county is subdivided into municipalities. There are three rural municipalities (Estonian: vallad – parishes) in Jõgeva County.

See also

• Vooremaa
• Vooremaa (newspaper)

Images

• 
  Central Jõgeva parish
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  Main building of Kuremaa manor
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  Kuremaa windmill
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  Torma Church
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  Kaiu Lake
• 
  Laiuse Castle ruins
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  Palamuse parish school
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  Jõgeva bus station
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  Mustvee Church
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  Kursi Church
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  Main building of Lustivere manor
• 
  Betti Alver museum in Jõgeva
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  Männikjärve bog in Endla
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  Estonian War of Independence Memorial in Kursi
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  Floodplain of the Pedja River in Alam-Pedja Nature Reserve near Kirna
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  Main building of Puurmani manor

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jõgeva County.

• Jõgeva County – Official website (in Estonian)

На других языках

[ru] Йыгевамаа