Simuna, Estonia - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Simuna is a small borough

Populated places in Estonia

Populated places in Estonia are settlements or territorial units within a municipality. Populated places have no administrative functions. A group of populated places form a rural municipality with local administration...

in Väike-Maarja Parish

Väike-Maarja Parish

Väike-Maarja Parish is a rural municipality of Estonia, in Lääne-Viru County. It has a population of 5,421 and an area of 457.39 km².-Settlements:Small boroughsKiltsi, Simuna, Väike-MaarjaVillages...

, Lääne-Viru County, in northeastern 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 has a population of 454 (as of 1 January 2011).

Before 2005 Simuna was the centre of Avanduse Parish which was merged to Väike-Maarja Parish

Väike-Maarja Parish

.

One of the points of the Struve Geodetic Arc

Struve Geodetic Arc

The Struve Geodetic Arc is a chain of survey triangulations stretching from Hammerfest in Norway to the Black Sea, through ten countries and over 2,820 km, which yielded the first accurate measurement of a meridian....

is located in Simuna.

Notable natives and residents

Carl Julius Albert Paucker (1798–1856), historian and jurist
Magnus Georg Paucker (1787–1855), astronomer
Netty Pinna (1883–1937), actress
Leo Sepp (1892–1941), politician
Vladimir Yadov (born 1929), sociologist

External links

Avanduse Manor at Estonian Manors Portal

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