Changes in the classification of Estonian administrative units and settlements (EHAK) Following the implementation of the latest changes, the number of administrative units and settlements in the Republic of Estonia is as follows: Counties 15 Administrative units with a government 213 of which: rural municipalities 183 cities 30 Settlements 4 699 of which: cities 30 cities without municipal status 17 towns 12 small towns 188 villages 4 452 Changes as of 01 Mar 2017: Pursuant to Regulations No. 26 of the Minister of Public Administration (RT I, 31.01.2017, 1) and No. 18 (RT I, 10.03.2017, 1): In Harju county in Nissi rural municipality Rehemäe village is assigend to Lääne-Nigula rural municipality in Lääne county. Following changes are made: Nissi rural municipality (old code 0518) new code 0517 . Lääne-Nigula rural municipality (old code 0436) new code 0439 . Rehemäe village code 6905 is not changed, the classification characteristics is 57 439 8. Changes as of 01 Nov 2016: Pursuant to Regulation No. 43 of the Minister of Public Administration (RT I, 11.09.2016, 1), the following changes are made: In Viljandi county: In Tarvastu rural municipality changed the division line between Mustla small town and Tinnikuru village. Following changes are made: Mustla small town (old code 5086) new code 5084, the classification characteristics is 84 797 7. Tinnikuru village (old code 8246) new code 8247, the classification characteristics is 84 797 8. Changes as of 23 Sept 2016: Pursuant to Regulation No. 38 of the Minister of Public Administration (RT I, 20.09.2016, 1), the following changes are made: In Valga county: In Otepää rural municipality changed the division line between Otepää city and Otepää , Kasolatsi , Pühajärve and Nüpli villages. Following changes are made: Otepää city (old code 5754, new code 5755 ), Otepää village (old code 5753, new code 5752 ), Nüpli village (old code 5566, new code 5567 ), Pühajärve village (old code 6658, new code 6659 ). Kasolatsi village code (2837) is not changed. The classification characteristics are 82 636 8. Changes as of 14 Sept 2015: Pursuant to Regulation No. 31 of the Minister of Public Administration ((RT I, 11.09.2015, 1 ), the following changes are made: In Järva county: In Imavere rural municipality, Hermani village (code 185 ) is reinstated. Käsukonna village (old code 3936) is assigned the new code 3937 . The classification characteristics are 51 234 8. In Pärnu county: In Tahkuranna rural municipality, Mereküla village (code 4874 ) is reinstated. Reiu village (old code 6924 ) is assigned the new code 6925 . The classification characteristics are 67 848 8. Changes as of 12 Dec 2014: Pursuant to Regulation No. 137 of the Government of the Republic of 28 August 2014 (RT I, 29.08.2014, 15), the following changes are made: Kaarma rural municipality (code 0270), Kärla rural municipality (code 0373) and Lümanda rural municipality (code 0440) are merged to create Lääne-Saare rural municipality (code 0433 ). Kaarma, Kärla and Lümanda rural municipalities are deleted. Pursuant to Regulation No. 50 of the Minister of Regional Affairs of 2 December 2014 (RT I, 05.12.2014, 42), the names of the following settlement units are changed: Kirikuküla village (code 3122) in Kaarma rural municipality – the new name is Kaarma-Kirikuküla village. Kulli village (code 3598) in Kärla rural municipality – the new name is Kärla-Kulli village. Kirikuküla village (code 3123) in Kärla rural municipality – the new name is Kärla-Kirikuküla village. Kulli village (code 3601) in Lümanda rural municipality – the new name is Lümanda-Kulli village. The codes of these villages do not change. In Kaarma rural municipality, Mõisaküla village (code 5129) is merged with Tahula village (code 8077). Mõisaküla village is deleted. Tahula village is assigned the new code 8076 . In Lümanda rural municipality, Põlluküla village (code 6532) and Kärdu village (code 3897) are merged with Lümanda village (old code 4680). Lümanda village is assigned the new code 4679. Põlluküla and Kärdu villages are deleted. The villages in the former Kaarma, Kärla and Lümanda rural municipalities are assigned the classification characteristics 74 433 8 ; all small towns are assigned the classification characteristics 74 433 7 . Changes as of 1 Oct 2014: Pursuant to subsection 5 (2) of the Regulation of the Minister of Regional Affairs “Principles of the Format and Use of Place Names” (RT I, 26.06.2013, 5), which entered into force on 1 July 2013 together with the Place Names Act, if a place name includes a generic term (written as a part of the place name or as a separate word) that coincides with the type of the named feature, the generic term is not duplicated. The changes are based on the minutes No. 52 of the meeting of the Place Names Board of Estonia on 10 June 2014 Pursuant to subsection 8 (2) of this Regulation, the changes in the classification of Estonian administrative units and settlements (EHAK) arising from the requirement stipulated in subsection 5 (2) of the Regulation have to be made by 1 January 2015. The following changes are made: Duplicate generic terms are removed from registers (this applies to the place names in Estonian; for example, “Järveküla küla” will be shown as “Järveküla”). If a place name has an alternative name in a foreign language, the alternative name is given without the generic term in Estonian (for example, the previous format “Elbiku / Ölbäck küla” is changed to “Elbiku küla / Ölbäck”). Also, the settlement unit type “city without municipal status” is replaced with the generic term “city”. The phrase “without municipal status” is a descriptive modifier of the generic term and thus should not be a part of the generic term denoting a settlement unit. “City without municipal status” as a type (not as a generic term) will still be used in EHAK. If necessary, brackets should be used for this description. For example, in lists: Haapsalu city Kärdla city (without municipal status). Changes as of 6 Sept 2014: Pursuant to Regulation No. 36 of the Minister of Regional Affairs of 29 August 2014 (RT I, 03.09.2014, 1), the following changes are made: In Järva county: In Koigi rural municipality, Pätsavere village (code 6627 ) is reinstated. Lähevere village (old code 4627) is assigned the new code 4626 . The classification characteristics are 51 325 8. Changes as of 18 May 2014: Pursuant to Regulation No. 8 of the Minister of Regional Affairs of 12 May 2014 (RT I, 15.05.2014, 10), the following change is made: In Harju county: In Saku rural municipality, Kanama village (code 2652 ) is renamed as Saue village. The code and classification characteristics do not change. Changes as of 20 Jan 2014: Pursuant to Regulation No. 1 of the Minister of Regional Affairs of 10 January 2014 (RT I 17.01.2014, 12), the following changes are made: In Lääne county : In Lihula rural municipality, Nurme village is reinstated (code 5464 ). Tuudi village (old code 8445) is assigned the new code 8446 . Peanse village is reinstated (code 6055 ). Petaaluse village (old code 6130) is assigned the new code 6131 . Soovälja village is reinstated (code 7749 ). Parivere village (old code 6014) is assigned the new code 6013 . Laulepa village is reinstated (code 4149 ). Meelva village (old code 4848) is assigned the new code 4847 . Keemu village is reinstated (code 2912 ). Matsalu village (old code 4821) is assigned the new code 4820 . Liustemäe village is reinstated (code 4429 ) and Võigaste village is reinstated (code 9528 ). Metsaküla village (old code 4921) is assigned the new code 4929 . Rannu village is reinstated (code 6827 ). Kirbla village (old code 3114) is assigned the new code 3113 . Seli village is reinstated (code 7519 ). Pagasi village (old code 5844) is assigned the new code 5845 . Vanamõisa village is reinstated (code 9035 ). Rootsi village is reinstated (code 7087 ). Aruküla village is reinstated (code 1369 ). Seira village (old code 7510) is assigned the new code 7511 . Mõisimaa village is reinstated (code 5174 ) and Uluste village is reinstated (code 8666 ). Võhma village (old code 9496) is assigned the new code 9499 . Jõeääre village is reinstated (code 2255 ). Rumba village (old code 7116) is assigned the new code 7117 . Changes as of 1 Nov 2013: Pursuant to Regulations No. 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107 and 108 of the Government of the Republic of 27 June 2013 (RT I, 04.07.2013, 13; 14; 15; 16; 17; 18; 19) and Regulation No. 13 of the Minister of Regional Affairs of 23 October 2013 “Approval of the List of Settlement Units and Determination of Division Lines” (RT I, 29.10.2013, 18), which enters into force on 1 November 2013 (partially on the date of the announcement of the election results of local government councils : on 30 Oct 2013 – pursuant to Resolution No. 7 of the electoral committee of Hiiu rural municipality of 28 Oct 2013; on 27 Oct 2013 – pursuant to Resolution No. 13 of the electoral committee of Lüganuse rural municipality of 25 Oct 2013; on 27 Oct 2013 – pursuant to Resolution No. 5 of the electoral committee of Lääne-Nigula rural municipality of 25 Oct 2013; on 26 Oct 2013 – pursuant to Resolution No. 7 of the electoral committee of Põlva rural municipality of 25 Oct 2013; on 26 Oct 2013 – pursuant to Resolution No. 5 of the electoral committee of Audru rural municipality of 25 Oct 2013; on 26 Oct 2013 – pursuant to Resolution No. 11 of the electoral committee of Kose rural municipality of 25 Oct 2013. The changes in the list of settlement units of Viljandi rural municipality enter into force on the date of the announcement of the election results of the council of Viljandi rural municipality.), the following changes are made: In Hiiu county: Kõrgessaare rural municipality (code 0392) and Kärdla city (code 0371) are merged to create Hiiu rural municipality (code 0204 ).