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Metsküla, Ida-Viru County

village in Alutaguse Rural Municipality, Ida-Viru County, Estonia

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 24, 2026
Entity authorityQ474506 ↗
Source-derived summary

Metsküla is a village in Alutaguse Parish, Ida-Viru County in northeastern Estonia. It is located just southwest of Mäetaguse, the administrative centre of the municipality, and about 9 km (6 mi) northwest of Iisaku. As of the 2011 census, there were 13 people living there. Prior to the 2017 administrative reform of local governments, it was located in Mäetaguse Parish.

The Selisoo Bog and parts of Muraka and Ratva bogs are located on the territory of Metsküla.

Editorial summary

“Metsküla, Ida-Viru County” enters the record as village in Alutaguse Rural Municipality, Ida-Viru County, Estonia. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Metsküla, Ida-Viru and County can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA strong orientation record where physical form, institutional use and historical geography need to be read together. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2011, 2017—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Metsküla, Ida-Viru and County.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

“Metsküla, Ida-Viru County” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Metsküla, Ida-Viru and County provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 24, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q474506. Authority coordinates are 59.176, 27.236. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2011 and 2017.

Critical limits

A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Metsküla, Ida-Viru County”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Metsküla, Ida-Viru County primary sources, Metsküla, Ida-Viru County archive and Metsküla research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Metsküla, Ida-Viru County”?
  2. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
  3. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Metsküla, Ida-Viru County” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.