Lääneranna Parish ( et, Lääneranna vald) is a rural municipality in

Pärnu County Pärnu County ( et, Pärnu maakond or ''Pärnumaa''; german: Kreis Pernau) is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It is situated in the south-western part of the country, on the coast of Gulf of Riga, and borders Lääne and Rapla counties to the nor ...

. It includes the town of Lihula.https://www.laanerannavald.ee/ (accessed 7 March 2020)

Settlements

;Town Lihula ;Boroughs

Virtsu Virtsu is a small borough (') in Lääneranna Parish, Pärnu County, Estonia. It lies on the western coast of continental Estonia, and is a location of the main port for traffic to and from Saaremaa, the largest island of Estonia. The Virtsu fe ...

;Villages There are 150 villages: Alaküla, Allika,

Aruküla Aruküla is a small borough ( et, alevik) in Harju County, northern Estonia. It is the administrative centre of Raasiku Parish. Aruküla had a population of 2,113 on 1 January 2020. Aruküla has a station on the Elron's eastern route. Gall ...

Emmu Emmu is a village in Lääneranna Parish, Pärnu County in southwestern 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 ...

, Esivere, Haapsi, Hanila, Helmküla, Hälvati, Hõbeda,

Hõbesalu Hõbesalu is a village in Lääneranna Parish, Pärnu County, in southwestern Estonia, on the coast of the Gulf of Riga The Gulf of Riga, Bay of Riga, or Gulf of Livonia ( lv, Rīgas līcis, et, Liivi laht) is a bay of the Baltic Sea between ...

, Irta,

Iska The ISKA (originally International Sport Karate Association, later also called the International Sport Kickboxing Association) is one of the major international bodies regulating sport karate and kickboxing matches, and is based in the United ...

Joonuse Joonuse is a village in Lääneranna Parish, Pärnu County in southwestern 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 ...

Jänistvere Jänistvere is a village in Lääneranna Parish, Pärnu County in southwestern 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 acr ...

, Järise, Järve, Jõeääre, Kadaka, Kalli,

Kanamardi Kanamardi is a village in Lääneranna Parish, Pärnu County, in southwestern 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 acro ...

Karinõmme Karinõmme is a village in Lääneranna Parish, Pärnu County in southwestern 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 acro ...

, Karuba,

Karuse Karuse is a village in Lääneranna Parish, Pärnu 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 fro ...

, Kaseküla, Kause,

Keemu Keemu is a village in Lääneranna Parish, Pärnu County in 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, ...

, Kelu,

Kibura Kibura is a village in Lääneranna Parish, Pärnu County in southwestern 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 ...

Kidise Kidise is a village in Lääneranna Parish, Pärnu County, in southwestern 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 ...

Kiisamaa Kiisamaa is a village in Lääneranna Parish, Pärnu County in southwestern 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 ...

, Kilgi, Kinksi,

Kirbla Kirbla (german: Kirrefer) is a village in Lääneranna Parish, Pärnu 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 ...

, Kirikuküla,

Kiska Kiska ( ale, Qisxa, russian: Кыска) is one of the Rat Islands, a group of the Aleutian Islands of Alaska. It is about long and varies in width from . It is part of Aleutian Islands Wilderness and as such, special permission is required ...

Kloostri Kloostri (german: Klosterhof) is a village in Lääneranna Parish, Pärnu 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 ...

Koeri The Koeri (spelt as Koiry or Koiri) and also referred to as Kushwaha and Maurya in several parts of North India are an Indian non-elite caste, found largely in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, whose traditional occupation was agriculture. According ...

, Kokuta,

Koonga Koonga (german: Kokenkau) is a village in Lääneranna Parish, Pärnu County in southwestern 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 ...

Korju Korju is a village in Lääneranna Parish, Pärnu County, in southwestern 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 ...

Kuhu KUER-FM (90.1 Hertz, MHz) is a public broadcasting, public radio station in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake City, Utah. Owned by the University of Utah, its studios are located in the Eccles Broadcast Center on the University of Utah campus, while its ...

, Kuke, Kulli, Kunila,

Kurese Kurese is a village in Lääneranna Parish, Pärnu County in southwestern 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 ...

Käru Käru is a small borough ( et, alevik) in Türi Parish, Järva County, Estonia. Before the administrative reform in 2017, Käru was the administrative centre of Käru Parish. Käru has a railway station on the Tallinn - Viljandi railway line o ...

, Kõera, Kõima, Audru Parish,

Kõima, Lääneranna Parish Kõima is a village in Lääneranna Parish, Pärnu County in southwestern 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 ...

, Kõmsi, Laulepa, Lautna, Linnuse, Liustemäe, Lõo, Lõpe,

Maade Maade is a village in Lääneranna Parish, Pärnu County, in southwestern 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 ...

, Maikse, Massu,

Matsalu Matsalu (german: Matzal) is a village in Lääneranna Parish, Pärnu County in western Estonia, surrounding the old Matsalu Manor. The Estonian company which owns the manor house was managed from the late 1990s till the late 2010s by a Swedish ...

, Matsi, Meelva,

Mereäärse Mereäärse is a village in Lääneranna Parish, Pärnu County, in southwestern Estonia, on the coast of the Gulf of Riga The Gulf of Riga, Bay of Riga, or Gulf of Livonia ( lv, Rīgas līcis, et, Liivi laht) is a bay of the Baltic Sea betwe ...

, Metsküla,

Mihkli Mihkli is a village in Lääneranna Parish, Pärnu County in southwestern Estonia. (retrieved 28 July 2021) The Baltic German biosemiotician Jakob von Uexküll (1864–1944) was born in , now part of Mihkli village. See also * Mihkli Nature R ...

, Muriste, Mäense,

Mäliküla Mäliküla is a village in Lääneranna Parish, Pärnu County, in southwestern 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 acr ...

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 leng ...

, Mõisimaa,

Mõtsu Mõtsu is a village in Lääneranna Parish, Pärnu County, in southwestern 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 ...

Naissoo Naissoo is a village in Lääneranna Parish, Pärnu County in southwestern 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 ...

Nedrema Nedrema is a village in Lääneranna Parish, Pärnu County in southwestern 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 ...

, Nehatu, Nurme, Nurmsi,

Nätsi Nätsi is a village in Lääneranna Parish, Pärnu County in southwestern 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 ...

, Nõmme,

Oidrema Oidrema is a village in Lääneranna Parish, Pärnu County in southwestern 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 ...

, Paadrema, Paatsalu, Pagasi,

Paimvere Paimvere is a village in Lääneranna Parish, Pärnu County in southwestern Estonia. (retrieved 28 July 2021) Politician and journalist Mihkel Martna Mihkel Martna (17 September 1860 Veltsa parish, Paimpere – 23 May 1934 Tallinn) was an Est ...

, Pajumaa, Palatu,

Parasmaa Parasmaa is a village in Lääneranna Parish, Pärnu County in southwestern 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 ...

, Parivere, Peanse,

Peantse Peantse is a village in Lääneranna Parish, Pärnu County in southwestern 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 ...

Penijõe Penijõe is a village in Lääneranna Parish, Pärnu County, in western Estonia; in the centre of Matsalu National Park. Penijõe Manor Penijõe (german: Pennijöggi) estate was established in the first half of the 17th century. Before the Eston ...

, Petaaluse,

Piha Piha is a coastal settlement in West Auckland, on the western coast of the Auckland Region in New Zealand. It is one of the most popular beaches in the area and a major day-trip destination for Aucklanders throughout the year, and especially ...

, Piisu, Pikavere,

Pivarootsi Pivarootsi is a village in Lääneranna Parish, Pärnu 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 ...

, Poanse,

Rabavere Rabavere is a village in Lääneranna Parish, Pärnu County in southwestern 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 ...

, Raespa, Raheste,

Rame "Rame" is a rare word in English which means branch. Rame is also the name of two villages in Cornwall: Rame may also refer to: Geography * Rame, Maker-with-Rame, in southeast Cornwall **Rame Head, a coastal headland near the first of these, as we ...

, Rannaküla,

Rannu Rannu is a small borough ( et, alevik) in Tartu County, 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 ...

, Rauksi, Ridase, Rooglaiu, Rootsi, Rootsi-Aruküla, Rumba,

Rädi Rädi is a village in Lääneranna Parish, Pärnu County, in southwestern 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 ...

, Saare, Saastna,

Salavere Salavere is a village in Saaremaa Parish, Saare County in western Estonia. Before the administrative reform in 2017, the village was in Pihtla Parish Pihtla Parish was a municipality in Saare County, Estonia. The municipality had a populatio ...

, Salevere, Saulepi,

Seira Seira may refer to: * Seira, Estonia, a village in Estonia, Swapnil Padhi * Seira, Aragon, a municipality in Aragon, Spain * ''Seira'' (springtail), a genus of slender springtails * SEIRA, surface-enhanced infrared absorption spectroscopy, see L ...

Seli Kato Vermio-Seli ( el, Κάτω Βέρμιο, before 1926: Κάτω Σέλι - ''Kato Seli'', rup, Selia de Jos) is, primarily, an Aromanian (Vlach) Greek village and a community of the Veria municipality. Since the 2001 local government reform ...

, Selja, Sookalda, Sookatse, Soovälja, Tamba, Tamme, Tarva, Tiilima,

Tuhu The ''tuhu'' ( 土胡, pinyin: tǔhú) is a Chinese bowed string instrument in the ''huqin'' family of instruments. It is used primarily by non-Han ethnic groups of southern China, particularly the Zhuang, who live in the Guangxi province and u ...

, Tuudi, Täpsi,

Tõitse Tõitse is a village in Lääneranna Parish, Pärnu County in southwestern 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 ...

, Tõusi, Ullaste, Uluste, Ura,

Urita Urita is a village in Lääneranna Parish, Pärnu County in southwestern 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 ...

, Vagivere,

Vaiste Vaiste is a village in Lääneranna Parish, Pärnu County, in southwestern Estonia, on the coast of the Gulf of Riga. It has a population of 33 (as of 1 January 2011). Vaiste (''Waist'') knight manor was established in 1661 by the owner of Vana ...

, Valuste, Vanamõisa,

Varbla Varbla (german: Werpel) is a village in Lääneranna Parish in Pärnu County, in southwestern Estonia. It was the administrative centre of Varbla Parish. Varbla has a population of 133 (as of 1 January 2011). Gallery Varbla Põhikool.jpg, Varb ...

, Vastaba, Vatla,

Veltsa Veltsa (german: Weltz) is a village in Lääneranna Parish, Pärnu County in southwestern Estonia. (retrieved 28 July 2021) References

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, Voose, Võhma, Võigaste, Võitra,

Võrungi Võrungi is a village in Lääneranna Parish, Pärnu County in southwestern 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 ...

Äila Äila is a village in Lääneranna Parish, Pärnu 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 from F ...

Ännikse Ännikse is a village in Lääneranna Parish, Pärnu County, in southwestern Estonia. (retrieved 28 July 2021) It has a population of 10 (as of 1 January 2011). Ännikse– Kilgi– Vaiste railway line for lumber Lumber is wood that has ...

, Õepa, Õhu.

Religion

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