Kehra

Kehra is a town in Anija Parish, Harju County, in northern Estonia, best known for its pulp and paper mill. The town stands on the banks of the Jägala River and has a station on the Tallinn-Narva railway line. As of 1 January 2023 the town had a population of 2,694. The settlement grew up around Kehra Manor, which was established in the first half of the seventeenth century, and the village that gave the place its name is recorded in the thirteenth century Danish Census Book. Excavations in 1940 on a farm in the village uncovered a hoard of 421 silver coins, the latest minted in 978, which suggests the area was settled by the eleventh century at the latest. Kehra received borough rights in 1945 and town rights in 1993.