Rapla
Rapla (German: Rappel is a town in north-central Estonia, the capital of Rapla County and the centre of Rapla Parish. Rapla's population was 5,209 in 2026.- Type: Town with 4,860 residents
- Description: town in Estonia
- Also known as: “Odenkam”, “Rapla-kyulya”, “Raplaküla”, and “Rappel”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Rapla Church and Administrative building of Rapla KEK.
Administrative building of Rapla KEK
Office building
Administrative building of Rapla KEK is an office building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Alu and Kuusiku.
Alu
Village
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 2½ km northwest of Rapla.
Kuusiku
Village
Kuusiku is a small borough in Rapla Parish, Rapla County, Estonia. It has a population of 250. Buildings of Kuusiku Manor are located in Kuusiku in part. Rapla Airfield is located north, in the neighbouring Iira village. Kuusiku is situated 5 km southwest of Rapla.
Raikküla
Hamlet
Raikküla is a village in Rapla Parish, Rapla County in northwestern Estonia. Between 1991 and 2017 the village was located in Raikküla Parish. Geologist and paleontologist Alexander Keyserling lived in Raikküla Manor since 1847. Raikküla is situated 8 km south of Rapla.
Rapla
- Categories: city, alev, and locality
- Location: Rapla linn, Rapla Parish, Rapla County, Estonia, Baltic states, Europe
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Latitude
59.00569° or 59° 0′ 21″ north
Longitude
24.7944° or 24° 47′ 40″ east
Population
4,860
Elevation
67 metres (220 feet)
United Nations Location Code
EE AEG
Open location code
9GF62Q4V+7Q
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Mari—“Rapla” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “رابلا”
- Armenian: “Ռապլա”
- Azerbaijani: “Rapla”
- Belarusian: “Рапла”
- Bulgarian: “Рапла”
- Catalan: “Rapla”
- Cebuano: “Rapla”
- Chinese: “拉普拉”
- Croatian: “Rapla”
- Czech: “Rapla”
- Czech: “Rappel”
- Danish: “Rapla”
- Danish: “Rappel”
- Dutch: “Rapla”
- Eastern Mari: “Рапла”
- Erzya: “Рапла ош”
- Esperanto: “Rapla”
- Estonian: “Rapla linn”
- Estonian: “Rapla”
- Finnish: “Rapla”
- French: “Rapla”
- Galician: “Rapla”
- Galician: “Rappel”
- Georgian: “რაპლა”
- German: “Rapla”
- German: “Rappel”
- Greek: “Ράπλα”
- Hausa: “Rapla”
- Hebrew: “ראפלה”
- Hindi: “रापला”
- Hungarian: “Rapla”
- Irish: “Rapla”
- Italian: “Hagudi”
- Italian: “Rapla”
- Japanese: “ラプラ”
- Korean: “라플라”
- Latvian: “Rapla”
- Lithuanian: “Rapla”
- Luxembourgish: “Rapla”
- Macedonian: “Рапла”
- Moksha: “Рапла”
- Northern Frisian: “Rapla (Steed)”
- Northern Frisian: “Rapla”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Rapla”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Rapla”
- Norwegian: “Rapla”
- Ossetian: “Раплæ”
- Persian: “رپلا”
- Polish: “Rapla”
- Portuguese: “Rapla”
- Russian: “Рапла”
- Scots: “Rapla”
- Serbian: “Rapla”
- Serbian: “Рапла”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Rapla”
- Silesian: “Rapla”
- Slovenian: “Rapla”
- Spanish: “Rapla”
- Swedish: “Rapla”
- Swedish: “Rappel”
- Tatar: “Рапла”
- Turkish: “Rapla”
- Udmurt: “Рапла”
- Ukrainian: “Рапла”
- Upper Sorbian: “Rapla”
- Urdu: “رپلا”
- Veps: “Rapl”
- Vietnamese: “Rapla”
- Volapük: “Rapla”
- Võro: “Rapla”
- Western Mari: “Рапла”
- “Rapla”
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