Place:Rakvere, Lääne-Viru, Estonia

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NameRakvere
Alt namesWesenberghsource: Wikipedia
TypeMunicipality
Coordinates59.35°N 26.35°E
Located inLääne-Viru, Estonia
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Rakvere is a town in northern Estonia and the administrative centre of the Lääne-Viru maakond (county), 20 km south of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea. Rakvere is the 8th most populous urban area in Estonia. Rakvere has a total area of 10.75 square kilometres, and although about 15% of it is covered by forest, the city is still populated so densely as to make it the third most densely populated city in Estonia. From the 13th century until the early 20th century, Rakvere was more widely known by its historical German name, Wesenberg(h).

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