Turvalepa is a village in

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 Taebla ...

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 ...

, in western

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Name

Turvalepa was attested in historical sources as ''Türpleppe'' and ''Turpplepp'' in 1591, ''Turpeläp'' in 1598, ''Turpalep by'' in 1689, and ''Turbalep'' in 1798. The name is a compound of ''turba'' (genitive of ''turvas'' '

peat Peat (), also known as turf (), is an accumulation of partially decayed vegetation or organic matter. It is unique to natural areas called peatlands, bogs, mires, moors, or muskegs. The peatland ecosystem covers and is the most efficien ...

') + ''lõpp'' 'end'; that is, 'peat area'. The nearby Turvalepa Bog has rich peat deposits.

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Villages in Lääne County {{Lääne-geo-stub