Nõva ( et, Nõva 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 ...

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 ...

, in

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 ...

. It had a population of 465 (2008) and an area of 129.6 km². During the administrative reform of Estonian local governments in 2017, a new local government unit - called

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 formed through the merger of Nõva and other four rural municipalities. The center of Nõva parish was the village of Nõva, which is located 48 km from

Haapsalu Haapsalu () is a seaside resort town located on the west coast of Estonia. It is the administrative centre of Lääne County, and on 1 January 2020 it had a population of 9,375. Description Haapsalu has been well known for centuries for its ...

and 81 km from

Tallinn Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of 437,811 (as of 2022) and administratively lies in the Harju '' ...

Populated places

Nõva Parish had 8 villages:

Hindaste Hindaste is a village in Lääne-Nigula Parish, Lääne County, in western Estonia. (retrieved 28 July 2021) Before the administrative reform in 2017, the village was in Nõva Parish Nõva ( et, Nõva vald) was a rural Municipalities of Esto ...

Nõmmemaa Nõmmemaa is a village in Lääne-Nigula Parish, Lääne County, in western 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 ...

, Nõva, Peraküla, Rannaküla,

Tusari Tusari is a village in Lääne-Nigula Parish, Lääne County, in western 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 fr ...

Vaisi Vaisi is a village in Lääne-Nigula Parish, Lääne County, in western Estonia. Before the administrative reform of Estonian local governments in 2017, the village belonged to Nõva Parish. The name ''Waisoe'' was used for the village in 1402, ...

Variku Variku is a village in Lääne-Nigula Parish, Lääne County, in western 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 f ...

References

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

External links

Official website
Former municipalities of Estonia {{Lääne-geo-stub