Klooga

Klooga is a small borough (Estonian: alevik) in Lääne-Harju Parish in Harju County in northern Estonia. At the 2011 Census, the settlement's population was 1,203, of which the Estonians were 642 (53.4%).[1]

During the German occupation in World War II, Klooga concentration camp, a Nazi labor camp, was situated there as a satellite camp of Vaivara concentration camp. On 19 September 1944, about 2,000 inmates of the Klooga camp were executed and the corpses burned on pyres.

Today a big area of the settlement is covered by Estonian Defence Forces' military training field Klooga training area.

Klooga has a stations "Klooga" and "Klooga-Aedlinn" on the Elron western route.

  • Klooga railway station
  • Former Soviet Army buildings
  • Grave of terror victims at Klooga cemetery.
  • Lake Klooga

See also
Previous station
Elektriraudtee Westward lines		 Next station
Niitvälja
Klooga		 Towards Paldiski:
Klooga-Aedlinn
Towards Kloogaranna:
Klooga-Rand

References
  1. "Number and share of Estonians by place of residence (settlement)". Statistics Estonia. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 31 May 2013.


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