Järva County

Järva County, in Estonian Järva maakond or Järvamaa, is one of the 15 counties of Estonia and lies in the central part of the country. It borders Lääne-Viru County to the east, Jõgeva County to the southeast, Viljandi County to the south, Pärnu County to the southwest, Rapla County to the west and Harju County to the north, and its residents are called Järvamaalased. The county is divided into municipalities, with two rural municipalities and one urban municipality, and it has two towns, Paide and Türi, and one borough, Järva-Jaani, along with ten small boroughs, the largest of which is Koeru. It also contains 217 villages, the largest being Türi-Alliku. In 2022 the county had a population of 29,693, which was 2.7 percent of the population of Estonia. Its Lutheran congregations belong to the Järva Deanery.