Papsaare is a village in

Audru Parish Audru was a municipality located in Pärnu County, one of the 15 counties of Estonia. Settlements ;Borough: Lavassaare ;Small borough: Audru ;Villages: Ahaste, Aruvälja, Eassalu, Jõõpre, Kabriste, Kärbu, Kihlepa, Kõima, Lemmetsa, Liiv ...

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 ...

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

. It is located just northwest of the city of

Pärnu Pärnu () is the fourth largest city in Estonia. Situated in southwest Estonia, Pärnu is located south of the Estonian capital, Tallinn, and west of Estonia's second largest city, Tartu. The city sits off the coast of Pärnu Bay, an inlet o ...

and east of

Audru Audru (german: Audern) is a small borough ( et, alevik) in Pärnu County, southwestern Estonia. It is the administrative centre of Audru Parish. At the 2011 Census, the settlement's population was 1,492. Composer Aleksander Kunileid was born i ...

, the administrative centre of the

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 ...

. The centre of Pärnu is 5 km away. Papsaare has a population of 889 (as of 1 January 2011). Motor racing circuit

Audru Ring Porsche Ring (also known as Audru ringrada, auto24ring, Audru Ring, Pärnu Ring, Sauga Ring and EST-Ring) is a motor racing circuit in Papsaare, near Pärnu, Estonia. It is operated by A2 Racing MTÜ and is the only permanent road circuit in Es ...

is located on the Pärnu side of the village, beside the

Sauga River The Sauga is a right-bank tributary of the Pärnu. It is 79.2 km long, starting near Järvakandi and flowing into the Pärnu river in Pärnu. It has a drainage area of 576.5 km2. The river is a home to a variety of fish, including no ...

References

Villages in Pärnu County {{pärnu-geo-stub