Mäo, Järva County

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Mäo is a village in Paide municipality, Järva County in northern-central Estonia. Prior to the 2017 administrative reform of local governments, it was located in Paide Parish.

History

In Mäo, there is a memorial to fallen policemen designed by Vilen Künnapu and unveiled in 1995. It commemorates the Mäo shooting, which took place on December 15, 1994, when smugglers killed two policemen at the intersection in Mäo: 21-year-old Marek Lemming and 30-year-old Argo Kivi.

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Mäo include the following:

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