Rootsiküla is one of the four villages on the island of

Kihnu Kihnu is an island in the Baltic Sea. With an area of , it is the largest island in the Gulf of Riga and the seventh largest island of Estonia. With a length of and width of , the island's highest point is above sea level. Kihnu belongs to P ...

, in southwestern

Estonia Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru ...

. Administratively it belongs to

Kihnu Parish Kihnu Parish () is a rural municipality of Estonia, in Pärnu County. The parish covers the 16.88 km² area of Kihnu island, making it one of the smallest parishes in Estonia. As of 2010, Kihnu Parish had an estimated population of 489. In 2003 ...

Pärnu County Pärnu County ( or ''Pärnumaa''; ) is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It is situated in the south-western part of the country, on the coast of Gulf of Riga, and borders Lääne and Rapla counties to the north, Järva and Viljandi counties to ...

. The village occupies the southern part of the island. In 2000, Rootsiküla had a population of 106. There is situated Kihnu Lighthouse.

Gallery

Kihnu majakas.JPG, Kihnu Lighthouse Seashore of Kihnu.jpg, Seashore of Rootsiküla

References

Villages in Pärnu County {{Pärnu-geo-stub