Jõelähtme Parish · Paulipedia

Jõelähtme Parish Jõelähtme vald
Municipality of Estonia
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Jõelähtme Parish within Harju County
Country	Estonia
County	Harju County
Administrative centre	Jõelähtme
Government
• Mayor	Andrus Umboja
Area
• Total	210.86 km² (81.41 sq mi)
Population (2026)
• Total	8,007^[1]
• Density	37.97/km² (98.35/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code	EE-245
Website	www.joelahtme.ee

Jõelähtme Parish (Estonian: Jõelähtme vald) is a municipality in Estonia. It was established in 1992 and is administratively part of the Harju County, in northwestern Estonia. The parish has a population of 8,007 and an area of 210.86 km² (81.41 sq mi), the population density is 37.973/km² (98.350/sq mi)^[2]

The administrative centre of Jõelähtme Parish is the village of Jõelähtme. It is located 20 km east from the centre of Estonia's capital, Tallinn.

Local government

The current mayor (vallavanem) is Andrus Umboja^[3] and chairman of the council (volikogu esimees) is Art Kuum.^[4]

Demographics

As of 1 January 2026, the parish had 8,007 residents, of which 4,034 (50.4%) were women and 3,973 (49.6%) were men.^[5]

Religion

The religious landscape of Jõelähtme rural municipality is predominantly secular, with 76.6% of the population identifying as religiously unaffiliated. Among those older than fifteen years residents who do associate themselves with a faith, 11.4% identify as Orthodox and 8.3% as Lutheran, while other Christian denominations make up 0.9% of the population. 2.8% of the population follows other religions or did not specify their religious affiliation.^[6]