Kose

Kose is a small borough (Estonian: alevik) in Harju County, northern Estonia. It is the administrative centre of Kose Parish. At the 2011 Census, the settlement's population was 2,097.[1] Kose is 39 kilometers (24 miles) southeast of Tallinn, Estonia.

For other places with the same name, see Kose (disambiguation).

Kose
Small borough
Kose church
Kose
Location in Estonia
Coordinates: 59°11′11″N 25°10′05″E
Country Estonia
County Harju County
Municipality Kose Parish
Area
 • Total3 km2 (1 sq mi)
Population
 • Total1 Tõnno

People
  • Otto von Kotzebue (1787–1846), navigator, is buried at the churchyard of Kose St. Nicholas Church[2]
  • Risto Kübar (b. 1983), actor, was born in Kose
  • Silver Kübar (et) (b. 1980), sidecar motorcross racer, was born in Kose
  • Liivo Leetma (b. 1977), footballer, was born in Kose
  • Footbridge over Pirita river
  • Monument to the War of Independence
  • Kose school
  • Wheat fields in Kose
gollark: I wonder if they deliberately made the page scroll terribly.
gollark: I "like" how all websites must now include megabytes of JS, giant irrelevant background images, tons of whitespace and low information density.
gollark: Technically, Powerpoint is Turing-complete and so can be used to execute arbitrary computations.
gollark: This is innovation. This is the *future* of meeting room naming.
gollark: You could replace the door signs with cheap wireless-capable tablets or something and manage them centrally.

References
  1. "Population by place of residence (settlement), sex and age". Statistics Estonia. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
  2. "Triigi mõis" (in Estonian). Estonian Manor Portal.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.