Lääne-Saare Parish ( et, Lääne-Saare vald) was 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 ...

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 from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...

, 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, Abru ...

. It was located on the western part of

Saaremaa Saaremaa is the largest island in Estonia, measuring . The main island of Saare County, it is located in the Baltic Sea, south of Hiiumaa island and west of Muhu island, and belongs to the West Estonian Archipelago. The capital of the island i ...

island. The municipality has a population of ca 7,200 and an area of 807 km². Lääne-Saare Parish was established by merging

Kaarma Kaarma (german: Karmel) is a village in Saaremaa Parish, Saare County, on the island of Saaremaa, Estonia. (retrieved 28 July 2021) The Estonian communist politician Viktor Kingissepp was born here in 1888. Before the administrative reform in 20 ...

Kärla Kärla is a small borough in Saaremaa Parish, Saare County in western Estonia. Before 2015, Kärla was the administrative centre of Kärla Parish. Rally driver Ott Tänak (born 1987), the 2019 World Rally Championship, 2019 World Champion, grew ...

and Lümanda parishes on 12 December 2014. 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 ...

Populated places

Lääne-Saare Parish had 4

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s (''alevik''): Aste, Kudjape,

and Nasva; and 111 villages. ;Villages

Abruka Abruka is an 8.78 km2 Estonian island in the Gulf of Riga, 4 km south of the island of Saaremaa. Together with few neighbouring smaller islands (Vahase, Kasselaid, Linnusitamaa and Kirjurahu) Abruka forms the village of Abruka, which i ...

- Anepesa - Anijala -

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Arandi Arandi is a village in Saaremaa Parish, Saare County in western Estonia. (retrieved 28 July 2021) Before the administrative reform in 2017, the village was in Lääne-Saare Parish Lääne-Saare Parish ( et, Lääne-Saare vald) was a rural mu ...

- Aste -

Asuküla Asuküla is a village in Saaremaa Parish, Saare County in western Estonia. (retrieved 28 July 2021) Before the administrative reform in 2017, the village was in Lääne-Saare Parish Lääne-Saare Parish ( et, Lääne-Saare vald) was a rural ...

- Atla -

Aula-Vintri Aula-Vintri is a village in Saaremaa Parish, Saare County, Estonia, on the island of Saaremaa. (retrieved 28 July 2021) As of 2011 Census, the settlement's population was 19. Before the administrative reform in 2017, the village was in Lääne ...

Austla Austla is a village in Saaremaa Parish, Saare County in western Estonia. (retrieved 28 July 2021) Before the administrative reform in 2017, the village was in Lääne-Saare Parish Lääne-Saare Parish ( et, Lääne-Saare vald) was a rural mu ...

Eeriksaare Eeriksaare is a village in Saaremaa Parish, Saare County in western Estonia. (retrieved 28 July 2021) Before the administrative reform in 2017, the village was in Lääne-Saare Parish Lääne-Saare Parish ( et, Lääne-Saare vald) was a rura ...

Eikla Eikla is a village in Saaremaa Parish, Saare County in western Estonia. (retrieved 28 July 2021) Before the administrative reform in 2017, the village was in Lääne-Saare Parish Lääne-Saare Parish ( et, Lääne-Saare vald) was a rural mun ...

- Endla -

Haamse Haamse is a village in Saaremaa Parish, Saare County in western Estonia. (retrieved 28 July 2021) Before the administrative reform in 2017, the village was in Lääne-Saare Parish Lääne-Saare Parish ( et, Lääne-Saare vald) was a rural mu ...

- Hakjala - Himmiste - Hirmuste - Hübja - Irase - Jõe -

Jõempa Jõempa is a village in Saaremaa Parish, Saare County in western Estonia. (retrieved 28 July 2021) Before the administrative reform in 2017, the village was in Lääne-Saare Parish Lääne-Saare Parish ( et, Lääne-Saare vald) was a rural m ...

- Jõgela - Jootme -

- Kaarma-Kirikuküla - Kaarmise - Käesla - Kaisvere -

Käku Käku is a village in Saaremaa Parish, Saare County, Estonia, on the island of Saaremaa. Before the administrative reform in 2017, the village was in Lääne-Saare Parish. It has a population of 37 (). One of two Saaremaa Motoklubi's motocross ...

Kandla Kandla, now officially Deendayal Port Authority, is a seaport and town in Kutch district of Gujarat state in Western India, near the city of Gandhidham. Located on the Gulf of Kutch, it is one of India's major ports on the west coast. It is ab ...

- Karala - Kärdu -

Karida Karida is a village in Saaremaa Parish, Saare County in western Estonia. Before the administrative reform in 2017, the village was in Lääne-Saare Parish Lääne-Saare Parish ( et, Lääne-Saare vald) was a rural municipality of Estonia, in ...

- Kärla-Kirikuküla - Kärla-Kulli - Kasti - Kaubi - Kellamäe - Keskranna - Keskvere - Kipi - Kiratsi - Kogula -

Koidu Koidu Town (or Sefadu) is the capital and largest city of the diamond-rich Kono District in the Eastern Province of Sierra Leone. The population of Koidu Town is 124,6based on the 2015 Sierra Leone national census. Koidu Town is the fifth larg ...

- Koidula - Koimla -

Koki KOKI-TV (channel 23) is a television station in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States, affiliated with the Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox network. It is owned by INSP (TV channel), Imagicomm Communications alongside MyNetworkTV affiliate KMYT-TV (channel ...

- Koovi - Kõrkküla - Kotlandi - Kuke - Kungla - Kuuse -

Kuusnõmme Kuusnõmme is a village in Saaremaa Parish, Saare County in western Estonia. Before the administrative reform in 2017, the village was in Lääne-Saare Parish Lääne-Saare Parish ( et, Lääne-Saare vald) was a rural municipality of Estonia, ...

- Laadjala - Laheküla - Laoküla - Leedri - Lilbi - Lümanda - Lümanda-Kulli - Maleva - Mändjala - Mätasselja - Meedla - Metsaküla - Metsapere -

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 ...

Mõnnuste Mõnnuste is a village in Saaremaa Parish, Saare County in western Estonia. It is one of the claimants to the title of the geographical centre of Europe. Before the administrative reform in 2017, the village was in Lääne-Saare Parish Lää ...

- Mullutu -

Muratsi Muratsi is a village in Saaremaa Parish, Saare County in western Estonia. Before the administrative reform in 2017, the village was in Lääne-Saare Parish Lääne-Saare Parish ( et, Lääne-Saare vald) was a rural municipality of Estonia, in ...

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-cla ...

- Nõmpa - Õha - Paevere - Pähkla - Paiküla - Paimala - Parila - Pärni - Piila - Põlluküla - Praakli - Randvere - Riksu -

Saia Saia is an American less than truckload (LTL) trucking company, that originated in Houma, Louisiana in 1924. With original operation occurring in Louisiana and Texas for the first fifty years, expansion came after 1980 when coverage began re ...

- Sauvere - Sepa - Sikassaare -

Sõmera Sõmera is a village in Saaremaa Parish, Saare County in western Estonia. Before the administrative reform in 2017, the village was in Lääne-Saare Parish Lääne-Saare Parish ( et, Lääne-Saare vald) was a rural municipality of Estonia, i ...

- Tahula -

Tamsalu Tamsalu is a town in Tapa Parish, Lääne-Viru County, Estonia. History The town was first mentioned in 1512, but remained an insignificant village until 1876. After that it was on the railroad line from Tartu to Tallinn. It was given town statu ...

- Taritu - Tõlli - Tõrise -

Tõru Tõru is a village in Saaremaa Parish, Saare County in western Estonia. Before the administrative reform in 2017, the village was in Lääne-Saare Parish Lääne-Saare Parish ( et, Lääne-Saare vald) was a rural municipality of Estonia, in S ...

- Uduvere - Ulje - Unimäe - Upa - Vahva - Vaivere - Vana-Lahetaguse - Vantri -

Varpe Varpe is a village in Saaremaa Parish, Saare County in western Estonia. Before the administrative reform in 2017, the village was in Lääne-Saare Parish Lääne-Saare Parish ( et, Lääne-Saare vald) was a rural municipality of Estonia, in S ...

- Vatsküla - Vendise -

Vennati Vennati is a village in Saaremaa Parish, Saare County in western Estonia. Before the administrative reform in 2017, the village was in Lääne-Saare Parish Lääne-Saare Parish ( et, Lääne-Saare vald) was a rural municipality of Estonia, in ...

- Vestla - Viidu - Viira

References

External links

* Former municipalities of Estonia {{saare-geo-stub