Luidja is a village in
Hiiumaa Parish
Hiiumaa Parish ( Estonian: ''Hiiumaa vald'') is a rural municipality of Estonia on the island of Hiiumaa. Hiiumaa Parish was established by merging Emmaste Parish, Hiiu Parish, Käina Parish and Pühalepa Parish after the municipal elections held ...
,
Hiiu County, on the island of
Hiiumaa in
Estonia.
[ (retrieved 28 July 2021)] It is located on the northern coast of the beginning of Kõpu Peninsula, by the Luidja Bay. As of the
2011 census, the village's population was 34.
Luidja is the site of one of the most popular beaches on Hiiumaa. Another main sight is Luidja alder forest which was planted 1901–1903 as an experiment to fixate unique sand dunes.
There's a memorial stone to Karl Friedrich Vilhelm Ahrens (1855–1938), the executer of the project.
References
Villages in Hiiu County
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