Auküla
Auküla | |
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 Auküla school in 1922 | |
  Auküla Location in Estonia | |
| Coordinates: 59°24′31″N 26°11′18″E / 59.40861°N 26.18833°E | |
| Country | Estonia |
| County | Lääne-Viru County |
| Municipality | Haljala Parish |
| Population | |
• Total | 59 |
Auküla is a village in Haljala Parish, Lääne-Viru County, in northern Estonia.[2] It is located about 4 km (2 mi) southwest of Haljala, the administrative centre of the municipality, and about 11 km (7 mi) northwest of the town of Rakvere. As of the 2011 census, the settlement's population was 59.[1]
In 1861, a local three-grade school started operating in Auküla. However, in 1930 it was closed due to the economic crisis. Nowadays the schoolhouse is used as a residential building. In 1996 a memorial stone was erected in front of the building.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Population by place of residence (settlement), sex and age". Statistics Estonia. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
- ^ Classification of Estonian administrative units and settlements 2014[dead link] (retrieved 28 July 2021)
- ^ "Auküla kool" (in Estonian). Eesti monumentide e-kataloog. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
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