Kihelkonna Parish was a municipality in
Saare County
Saare County ( et, Saare maakond or ''Saaremaa''; la, Oesel; german: Ösel; sv, Ösel) is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It consists of Saaremaa, the largest island of Estonia, and several smaller islands near it, most notably Muhu, Ruhnu, A ...
,
Estonia
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.
The parish included the islands named
Aherahu,
Juksirahu,
Kalarahu,
Käkirahu,
Laasirahu,
Loonalaid,
Maturahu,
Mihklirahu,
Noogimaa,
Nootamaa,
Ojurahu,
Salava,
Uus-Nootamaa,
Vaika islands,
Vesiloo, and
Vilsandi
The island of Vilsandi, Saaremaa Parish, Saare County, Estonia is located in the Baltic Sea. It covers an area of some 9 square km and is the westernmost populated island in Estonia. The surrounding waters are shallow and rocky and many ships trav ...
, and the peninsula (formerly an island) of
Harilaid.
The municipality has a population of 891 (as of 1 January 2006) and covers an area of 245.94 km
2.
During the administrative-territorial reform in 2017, all 12 municipalities on the island Saaremaa were merged into a single municipality –
Saaremaa Parish
Saaremaa Municipality, also known as Saaremaa Rural Municipality ( et, Saaremaa vald), is a municipality in Saare County in western Estonia. It is the largest municipality in Estonia by land area. The administrative centre of the municipality is i ...
.
Settlements
;Small borough:
Kihelkonna
Kihelkonna is a small borough ( et, alevik) in Saare County, on the western part of Saaremaa Island, Estonia
Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by th ...
;Villages:
Abaja -
Abula -
Kallaste
Kallaste is a town in Peipsiääre Parish, Tartu County, Estonia. It is located on the western shore of Lake Peipus. Most of the population are Russians, 15% being Estonians.
History
Kallaste was founded in the 18th century as a village of Russ ...
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Kalmu -
Karujärve -
Kehila -
Kiirassaare -
Kõõru -
Kõruse -
Kotsma -
Kuralase -
Kuremetsa -
Kurevere -
Kuumi -
Kuusiku -
Läägi -
Lätiniidi -
Liiva -
Loona
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Mäebe -
Metsaküla -
Neeme -
Odalätsi -
Oju -
Pajumõisa -
Pidula -
Rannaküla -
Rootsiküla -
Sepise -
Tagamõisa -
Tammese -
Tohku -
Undva -
Üru -
Vaigu -
Varkja -
Vedruka -
Veere
Veere (; zea, label= Zeelandic, Ter Veere) is a municipality with a population of 22,000 and a town with a population of 1,500 in the southwestern Netherlands, in the region of Walcheren in the province of Zeeland.
History
The name ''Veere ...
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Viki -
Vilsandi
The island of Vilsandi, Saaremaa Parish, Saare County, Estonia is located in the Baltic Sea. It covers an area of some 9 square km and is the westernmost populated island in Estonia. The surrounding waters are shallow and rocky and many ships trav ...
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Virita
See also
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Municipalities of Estonia
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List of municipalities of Estonia
A municipality ( et, omavalitsus, plural ) is the smallest administrative subdivision of Estonia. Each municipality is a unit of self-government with its representative and executive bodies. The municipalities in Estonia cover the entire terri ...
References
External links
Official home pageonly in
Estonian language
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