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Administrative reform in Estonia (Estonian: Eesti omavalitsuste haldusreform) was administrative reform which took place in 2017 and resulting in new administrative units in Estonia. In general, old units incorporated voluntarily, but in some cases incorporations were forced by state powers. After the reform, there are 79 administrative units (before 2017 there were 213): 15 urban and 64 rural municipalities.[1][2] 185 municipalities merged to form 51 new ones, and 28 municipalities did not merge.
In the course of the administrative reform, the names of many villages were changed (most of them in Saare County and Võru County) due to the same municipality being unable to have several villages with the same name. In total, 50 villages had their names changed and 9 villages disappeared completely after merging with another village.[3]
Due to political considerations and strong opposition from municipalities, the reform could not be carried out in this form earlier. However, since 2004, the state had been offering merger support to municipalities. As a result of that, several municipalities had therefore already previously merged on their own initiative. For example, from 1997 to 2008, 47 local governments merged into twenty local government units.[4] A more active accession started in 2015 and the administrative reform was completed in 2017.
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