Rae
Rae is a village in Rae Parish, Harju County, in northern Estonia. It's located just southeast of the capital Tallinn. Rae has a population of 602. Rae Manor was first mentioned in 1390.Photo: Lefevrue, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Locality with 1,500 residents
- Description: village in Rae Rural Municipality, Harju County, Estonia
- Also known as: “Rae kuela” and “Rae, Harju County”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lennart Meri International Airport and Jüri cemetery.
Lennart Meri International Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Dmitrijs Purgalvis, CC BY 3.0.
Tallinn Airport is the largest international airport in Estonia. The airport is also officially called Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport after the former president of Estonia Lennart Meri.
Jüri cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: OlariP, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Jüri cemetery is situated 4 km southeast of Rae.
Mõigu Cemetery
Memorial
Photo: Loodushuviline, CC BY-SA 3.0 ee.
Mõigu cemetery was a large Baltic German cemetery, located in the Tallinn suburb of Mõigu in Estonia. It served as the primary burial ground for the usually wealthy and noble citizens of the Toompea parish of Tallinn. Mõigu Cemetery is situated 4½ km northwest of Rae.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lasnamäe and Peetri.
Lasnamäe
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lasnamäe is the most populous administrative district of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. The district's population is about 119,000, the majority of which is Russian-speaking as a result of Soviet settlement policies. Lasnamäe is situated 5 km north of Rae.
Peetri
Village
Photo: Raul1972, Public domain.
Peetri is a small borough in Rae Parish, Harju County, in northern Estonia. It is bordered by the city of Tallinn. According to official population registration Peetri had 6,502 inhabitants on 1 January 2025. Peetri is situated 3½ km west of Rae.
Jüri
Village
Photo: Lefevrue, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Jüri is a small borough in Harju County, northern Estonia. It is located 12 km southeast of the capital Tallinn, by the Tallinn–Tartu road, directly after the intersection with Tallinn Ring Road. Jüri is situated 4½ km southeast of Rae.
Rae
- Category: village
- Location: Rae vald, Harju, Estonia, Baltic states, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Volapük—“Rae” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Ռաե”
- Belarusian: “Раэ (Хар’юмаа)”
- Belarusian: “Раэ”
- Catalan: “Rae”
- Cebuano: “Rae”
- Chinese: “Rae”
- Chuvash: “Раэ”
- Czech: “Rae”
- Dutch: “Rae”
- Estonian: “Rae küla”
- Estonian: “Rae”
- French: “Rae”
- German: “Johannishof”
- German: “Rae”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Rae”
- Polish: “Rae”
- Spanish: “Rae”
- Swedish: “Rae, Harjumaa”
- Swedish: “Rae”
- Tatar: “Раэ”
- Volapük: “Rae”
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