Mäo () is a village in Paide municipality, Järva County in northern-central Estonia. (retrieved 28 July 2021) 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 , 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: Johannes Brenner (1906–1975), Estonian footballer and Olympic competitor, born in Mäo Johannes Greenberg (1887–1951), painter, born at Mäo Manor Carmen Kass (born 1978), Estonian supermodel, grew up in Mäo
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