Harju County

Harju County () is one of the 15 counties of Estonia. It is in northern Estonia. Around 528,468 people live in Harju County. This is about 39.4% of the total population in Estonia (as of January 2011). 

There are a number of protected areas in Harju County. Lahemaa National Park was the first national park in the Soviet Union. There are 21 nature reserves and 25 landscape protection areas, that are at least partly in Harju County. The largest is the Põhja-Kõrvemaa Nature Reserve.

 Municipalities 
Harju County is divided into 16 municipalities. Four are urban and 12 are rural.
 Rank  Municipality  Type  Population(2018) Areakm2  Density1  Anija Parish  Rural  6,280  533  11.82  Harku Parish  Rural  14,356  159  90.33  Jõelähtme Parish  Rural  6,424  211  30.44  Keila  Urban  9,956  11  905.15  Kiili Parish  Rural  5,302  100  53.06  Kose Parish  Rural  7,196  533  13.57  Kuusalu Parish  Rural  6,547  708  9.28  Loksa  Urban  2,663  4  665.89  Lääne-Harju Parish  Rural  12,881  644  20.010  Maardu  Urban  15,722  23  683.611  Raasiku Parish  Rural  5,050  159  31.812  Rae Parish  Rural  17,968  207  86.813  Saku Parish  Rural  9,864  171  57.714  Saue Parish  Rural  21,711  615  35.315  Tallinn  Urban  448,758  158  2,840.216  Viimsi Parish  Rural  19,784  73  271.0

 References 

 Other websites 
 Harju County Government  – Official website (in Estonian)