Lääne-Nigula Parish ( et, Lääne-Nigula vald) is a rural

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

of Estonia, in

Lääne County Lääne County ( et, Lääne maakond or ''Läänemaa'', literally "Western land"; german: Wiek; la, Rotalia) is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It is located in western Estonia and borders the Baltic Sea to the north, Harju County to the north-ea ...

. It has a population of 7,041 (as of 1 January 2019) and an area of . Lääne-Nigula Parish was established by merging Oru,

Risti Risti may refer to: *Risti, Nepal, village development committee in Tanahu District, Gandaki Zone, Nepal *Risti, Estonia, small borough in Lääne-Nigula Parish, Lääne County, Estonia **Risti Parish, former municipality in Estonia *Risti, Hiiu Cou ...

and

Taebla Taebla is a small borough (') in Lääne County, Estonia, the administrative centre of Lääne-Nigula Parish. It has a population of 929 (as of 1 January 2010). Notable people Michael Roos Michael Roos (born Mihkel Roos, October 5, 1982) is ...

parishes after the

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held on 20 October 2013. In 2017, the former municipalities

Noarootsi Noarootsi Parish ( et, Noarootsi vald, sv, Nuckö kommun) was a rural municipality in Lääne County, western Estonia between 1991 and 2017. It covered an area of and had a population of 910. The administrative centre of Noarootsi Parish was ...

, Nõva,

Kullamaa Kullamaa (german: Goldenbeck) is a village in Lääne-Nigula Parish, Lääne County, in western Estonia. (retrieved 28 July 2021) The first Estonian professional composer Rudolf Tobias (1873–1918) lived in Kullamäe between 1885 and 1889, wher ...

and Martna were also merged into Lääne-Nigula.

Politics

There are 17 seats in the local government council.

Settlements

;Small boroughs:

Palivere Palivere is a small borough (') in Lääne-Nigula Parish, Lääne County in western Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finla ...

;Villages: Allikmaa - Allikotsa - Auaste -

Aulepa Aulepa ( sv, Dirslätt; Estonian Swedish: ''Dihlet'') is a village in Lääne-Nigula Parish, Lääne County, in western Estonia. (retrieved 28 July 2021) Before the administrative reform in 2017, the village was in Noarootsi Parish Noaroot ...

Dirhami Dirhami ( sv, Derhamn) is a village in Lääne-Nigula Parish, Lääne County, in western Estonia. Before the administrative reform in 2017, the village was in Noarootsi Parish. Until World War II, it was mainly inhabited by Estonian Swedes. D ...

- Ehmja -

Einbi Einbi ( sv, Enby) is a village in Lääne-Nigula Parish, Lääne County. It is the westernmost settlement in mainland Estonia. History Einbi is believed to be the oldest village in Noarootsi. The earliest written mention of the village is from ...

Elbiku Elbiku ( sv, Ölbäck) is a village in Lääne-Nigula Parish, Lääne County, in western Estonia. (retrieved 28 July 2021) Before the administrative reform in 2017, the village was in Noarootsi Parish. Main sights The main tourist attractio ...

- Enivere - Hara -

Hindaste Hindaste is a village in Lääne-Nigula Parish, Lääne County, in western Estonia. (retrieved 28 July 2021) Before the administrative reform in 2017, the village was in Nõva Parish Nõva ( et, Nõva vald) was a rural Municipalities of Esto ...

- Hosby -

Höbringi , settlement_type =Village , motto = , image_skyline = , imagesize = , image_caption = , image_flag = , flag_size = , image_seal = , seal_size ...

- Ingküla -

Jaakna Jaakna is a village in Lääne-Nigula Parish, Lääne County, in western Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across fr ...

- Jalukse - Jõesse - Jõgisoo - Kaare - Kaasiku - Kabeli - Kadarpiku - Kalju - Kärbla - Kasari - Kastja - Kedre - Keedika - Keravere - Keskküla - Keskvere - Kesu -

Kirimäe Kirimäe is a village in Lääne-Nigula Parish, Lääne County, in western Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across ...

- Kirna - Koela - Kokre - Koluvere -

Kudani Kudani ( sv, Gutanäs) is a village in Lääne-Nigula Parish, Lääne County, in western Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of ...

- Kuijõe - Kuke -

- Kullametsa - Kuluse - Kurevere - Laiküla - Leediküla - Leila - Lemmikküla - Liivaküla - Liivi - Linnamäe - Luigu - Männiku - Martna -

Mõisaküla Mõisaküla ( lv, Muižciems; Meizakila) is a town in southern Estonia, part of Mulgi Parish of Viljandi County, just next to the border of Latvia. It is considered to be the smallest town in Estonia. The town has 32 streets, with the total le ...

- Mõrdu - Nigula - Nihka - Niibi - Niinja -

Nõmme Nõmme (Estonian for ''"Heath"'') is one of the 8 administrative districts ( et, linnaosa) of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It has a population of 39,422 () and covers an area of , population density is . The district is largely a middle-clas ...

Nõmmemaa Nõmmemaa is a village in Lääne-Nigula Parish, Lääne County, in western Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across ...

- Nõva - Ohtla - Oonga - Oru - Osmussaare - Österby -

Paslepa Paslepa is a village in Lääne-Nigula Parish, Lääne County, Western Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across f ...

- Peraküla - Piirsalu - Putkaste -

Pälli Pälli is a village in Lääne-Nigula Parish, Lääne County, in western Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across f ...

- Päri - Pürksi - Rannajõe - Rannaküla -

Rehemäe Rehemäe is a village in Lääne-Nigula Parish, Lääne County in western Estonia. (retrieved 28 July 2021) Prior to the administrative reform of Estonian local governments in March 2017, the village belonged to Nissi Parish Nissi Parish ( et, ...

- Riguldi -

Rooslepa Rooslepa is a village in Lääne-Nigula Parish, Lääne County, in western Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across ...

- Rõude - Rõuma - Saare - Salajõe - Saunja - Seljaküla -

Silla Silla or Shilla (57 BCE – 935 CE) ( , Old Korean: Syera, Old Japanese: Siraki2) was a Korean kingdom located on the southern and central parts of the Korean Peninsula. Silla, along with Baekje and Goguryeo, formed the Three Kingdoms of K ...

- Soolu - Soo-otsa -

Spithami Spithami ( sv, Spithamn) is a village in Lääne-Nigula Parish, Lääne County, in northwestern Estonia. It was inhabited by Estonian Swedes until World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or ...

- Sutlepa - Suure-Lähtru - Suur-Nõmmküla - Tagavere - Tahu - Tammiku -

Telise Telise ( sv, Tällnäs) is a village in Lääne-Nigula Parish, Lääne County, in western Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of ...

- Tuka -

Tuksi Tuksi ( sv, Bergsby) is a village in Lääne-Nigula Parish, Lääne County, in western Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of F ...

- Turvalepa -

Tusari Tusari is a village in Lääne-Nigula Parish, Lääne County, in western Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across fr ...

- Ubasalu - Üdruma - Uugla - Uusküla -

Vaisi Vaisi is a village in Lääne-Nigula Parish, Lääne County, in western Estonia. Before the administrative reform of Estonian local governments in 2017, the village belonged to Nõva Parish. The name ''Waisoe'' was used for the village in 1402, ...

- Vanaküla - Vanaküla (Gambyn) -

Variku Variku is a village in Lääne-Nigula Parish, Lääne County, in western Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across f ...

Vedra Vedra is a municipality in the Spanish province of A Coruña in the autonomous community eu, autonomia erkidegoa ca, comunitat autònoma gl, comunidade autónoma oc, comunautat autonòma an, comunidat autonoma ast, comunidá autónoma ...

- Võntküla - Väike-Lähtru -

Väike-Nõmmküla Väike-Nõmmküla ( sv, Persåker) is a village in Lääne-Nigula Parish, Lääne County, in western Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by t ...

- Väänla - Vidruka

Gallery

File:Lääne-Nigula kirik.IMG 1136.jpg, Lääne-Nigula church from the 13th/18th century in Nigula village. File:Laikmaa majamuuseum.jpg, House museum of painter

Ants Laikmaa Ants Laikmaa (5 May 1866 – 19 November 1942) was an Estonian painter.lla Rosenfeld, Norton T. Dodge, Jane Voorhees, ''Art of the Baltics: The Struggle for Freedom of Artistic Expression Under the Soviets, 1945-1991'', Rutgers University Press, ...

in Kadarpiku village. File:Risti raudteejaam.JPG, Former

railway station File:Risti raamatukogu, 2009.jpg, Risti library File:Palivere mõis.JPG,

Manor File:Maa hõng.JPG, Lääne-Nigula farmland

References

External links

* Municipalities of Estonia Populated places established in 2013 {{Lääne-geo-stub