Hiiu Parish ( et, Hiiu 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 ...

Hiiu County Hiiu County ( et, Hiiu maakond or ''Hiiumaa'') is one of 15 counties of Estonia, being the smallest county both in terms of area and population. It consists of Hiiumaa (German and sv, Dagö), the second largest island of Estonia, and several ...

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. It occupied the northwestern part of the

Hiiumaa Hiiumaa (, ) is the second largest island in Estonia and is part of the West Estonian archipelago, in the Baltic Sea. It has an area of 989 km2 and is 22 km from the Estonian mainland. Its largest town is Kärdla. It is located within ...

island. The population was about 5000 (as of 26 June 2013), about 3600 of whom lived in the parish seat. Hiiu Parish was established by merging the town of Kärdla (former urban municipality) and

Kõrgessaare Parish Kõrgessaare Parish ( et, Kõrgessaare vald) was a rural municipality in the north-west of Hiiu County, Estonia. In 2013 it was merged with the town of Kärdla to form a new Hiiu Parish. Settlements There was 1 small borough () Kõrgessaare an ...

after the

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held on 20 October 2013.Siseministeerium
Tekib seitse tugevat valda. 2013 Kärdla is non-contiguous with the rest of the municipality.

Populated places

Hiiu Parish had a town Kärdla, a

small borough The following is a list of boroughs ( et, alevid) and small boroughs ( et, alevikud) in Estonia. Boroughs *Aegviidu * Järva-Jaani * Järvakandi * Kiili *Kohila *Kohtla-Nõmme * Lavassaare *Märjamaa *Paikuse * Pärnu-Jaagupi * Tootsi * Vändra ...

(''alevik'') Kõrgessaare and 58 villages: Heigi, Heiste, Heistesoo, Hirmuste, Hüti, Isabella, Jõeranna, Jõesuu, Kalana, Kaleste, Kanapeeksi, Kauste,

Kidaste Kidaste is a village in Hiiumaa Parish, Hiiu County in northwestern 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 ...

Kiduspe Kiduspe is a village in Hiiumaa Parish, Hiiu County in northwestern 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 ...

Kiivera Kiivera is a village in Hiiumaa Parish, Hiiu County in northwestern 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 ...

Kodeste Kodeste is a village in Hiiumaa Parish, Hiiu County in northwestern 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 ...

Koidma Koidma is a village in Hiiumaa Parish, Hiiu County in northwestern Estonia. It has five inhabitants as per 2011 census. Koidma is 8 km away from the capital Kärdla Kärdla (; sv, ; german: Kertel) is the only town on the island of Hiiu ...

, Kopa,

Kõpu Kõpu is a small borough ( et, alevik) in Viljandi County, Estonia. It was the administrative centre of Kõpu Parish. Suure-Kõpu manor Suure-Kõpu manor (german: Gross-Köppo), located in the village, has a history that goes back to 1487. Du ...

, Kurisu,

Laasi Laasi is a village in Hiiumaa Parish, Hiiu County in northwestern 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 Fin ...

Lauka Lauka (german: Lauk) is a village in Hiiumaa Parish, Hiiu County on the island of Hiiumaa in northwestern Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the nort ...

, Lehtma, Leigri, Lilbi, Luidja, Mägipe, Malvaste, Mangu, Mardihansu, Meelste, Metsaküla, Mudaste, Napi,

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, Ogandi, Ojaküla, Otste, Palli, Paope, Pihla, Poama, Puski, Reigi, Risti, Rootsi,

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, Sülluste, Suurepsi, Suureranna, Tahkuna, Tammistu, Tiharu, Ülendi, Viita, Viitasoo, Vilima, Villamaa.

Gallery

File:Kõrgessaare. Mõisa viinaköök.JPG, Kõrgessaare distillery File:23565 Kärdla tuletõrjemaja.jpg, Kärdla fire station File:Rannapaargu-037.jpg, Rannapaargu restaurant in Kärdla File:Kõpu Lighthouse-033.jpg,

Kõpu Lighthouse __NOTOC__ Kõpu Lighthouse ( et, Kõpu tuletorn) is one of the best known symbols and tourist sights on the Estonian island of Hiiumaa. It is one of the oldest lighthouses in the world, having been in continuous use since its completion in 15 ...

File:Kõpu (2).JPG,

Orthodox church-schoolhouse File:Tahkunatuletorn Tahkuna poolsaarel Hiiumaal.jpg, Tahkuna lighthouse File:Reigi kirik 2008.jpg, Reigi church File:Malvastechapell.jpg, Malvaste chapel File:Ristimägi, 2011, regnr 22282.jpg, Hill of Crosses (''Ristimägi'') in Risti

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

Populated places

Gallery

See also

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