News of The Place Names Board of Estonia


Particular news will, as a rule, be held on this page for approximately 12 months after which they will move to the archive section. Links to most of the documents mentioned below will direct you to texts in Estonian.

Meetings of the Place Names Board

The last meeting took place on November 19, 2009 (see the minutes). Other meetings have been held on June 4, 2009 (see the minutes) and in the first half of 2009 some of the decisions of the Place Names Board were taken through e-mail consultations (on a commemorative name, on parish names). For accounts of earlier meetings please refer to the Summary section.

Place Names Day in Rapla

On November 27, 2009 a seminar was organized in Rapla by the Ministry of the Interior and the Place Names Board for people interested in geographical names. Please see the programme of the seminar.

P. P.
15 February 2010


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