Keskküla is a village in
Lääne-Nigula Parish,
Lääne County, in western
Estonia
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.
Before the administrative reform in 2017, the village was in
Martna Parish
Martna ( et, Martna vald) was a rural municipality of Estonia, in Lääne County. It had a population of 760 (2016) and an area of 269 km².
Villages
Martna Parish has 33 villages:
Allikotsa, Ehmja, Enivere, Jõesse, Kaare, Kaasiku, ...
.
Name
Keskküla was attested in written sources as ''Groodt Keszküll'' and ''Klein Keszküll'' in 1534, and as ''Keskull maior'' and ''Keskull minor'' in 1539. The names refer to a former pair of villages, literally 'big Keskküla' and 'little Keskküla'. In the 18th century, the latter developed into what is now
Kasari, and the former developed into . The name literally means 'middle village'.
References
Villages in Lääne County
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