Risti Parish ( et, Risti 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 ...

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 ...

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, that existed from 1992 to 2013. After the

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held on 20 October 2013, Risti Parish was merged with neighbouring Oru and Taebla parishes and a new

Lääne-Nigula Parish Lääne-Nigula Parish ( et, Lääne-Nigula vald) is a rural municipality of Estonia, in Lääne County. 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 and Taebl ...

was established. In 2008 it had a population of 863 and an area of 167.8 km².

Populated places

Risti Parish had 1 small borough (

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 4 villages: Jaakna, Kuijõe, Piirsalu and Rõuma.

References

*''This article includes content from the Estonian Wikipedia article Risti vald.''

External links

* Former municipalities of Estonia Geography of Lääne County {{Lääne-geo-stub