Lavassaare is a
borough
A borough is an administrative division in various English-speaking countries. In principle, the term ''borough'' designates a self-governing walled town, although in practice, official use of the term varies widely.
History
In the Middle A ...
( et, alev) 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, ...
,
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 from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...
. It had a population of 539 on 1 January 2009 and an area of 8.00 km².
Lavassaare is home to the Estonian Railway Museum at Lavassaare, a museum dedicated to the history of the narrow-track railway in Estonia.
Visit Estonia
''Estonian Museum Railway at Lavassaare''. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
See also
* Lake Lavassaare
References
External links
*
Boroughs and small boroughs in Estonia
Audru Parish
Former municipalities of Estonia
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