Vankse
Vankse is a village in Rapla Parish, Rapla County in northwestern Estonia. Between 1991 and 2017 the village was located in Juuru Parish.Places of Interest
Highlights include Juuru Orthodox Church and Juuru Church.
Juuru Orthodox Church
Ruins
Photo: Nurgasiil, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Juuru Orthodox Church is a ruins, which is situated 3 km southeast of Vankse.
Juuru Church
Church
Photo: Stemugram, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Juuru Church is situated 3½ km southeast of Vankse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Juuru and Alu.
Juuru
Village
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Juuru is a small borough in Rapla Parish, Rapla County, Estonia. From 1991 until 2017, Juuru was the administrative center of Juuru Parish. The school in Juuru is named after the writer Eduard Vilde. Juuru is situated 4 km southeast of Vankse.
Alu
Village
Photo: Stemugram, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Alu is a small borough in Rapla Parish, Rapla County, Estonia. It is located about 3 km northwest of the town of Rapla. Alu has a population of c. 950. Alu was first mentioned in 1241 as Alafæ village in the Danish Census Book. Alu is situated 10 km southwest of Vankse.
Vankse
- Type: Hamlet with 24 residents
- Description: village in Rapla Rural Municipality, Rapla County, Estonia
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: Härgla küla, Rapla Parish, Rapla County, Estonia, Baltic states, Europe
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Latitude
59.08005° or 59° 4′ 48″ northLongitude
24.9026° or 24° 54′ 9″ eastPopulation
24Elevation
75 metres (246 feet)Open location code
9GF63WJ3+22OpenStreetMap ID
node 1973425390OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
587771Wikidata ID
Q1755303
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Volapük—“Vankse” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “فانكس”
- Armenian: “Վանկսե”
- Chinese: “Vankse”
- Chuvash: “Ванксе”
- Dutch: “Vankse”
- Estonian: “Vankse küla”
- Estonian: “Vankse”
- French: “Vankse”
- German: “Vankse”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Vankse”
- Persian: “ونکس”
- Polish: “Vankse”
- Russian: “Ванксе”
- Scots: “Vankse”
- Spanish: “Vankse”
- Tatar: “Ванксе”
- Volapük: “Vankse”
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