Salme Parish was a municipality in

Saare County Saare County ( et, Saare maakond or ''Saaremaa''; la, Oesel; german: Ösel; sv, Ösel) is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It consists of Saaremaa, the largest island of Estonia, and several smaller islands near it, most notably Muhu, Ruhnu, Abru ...

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 contained the northern half of the

Sõrve Peninsula Sõrve is a village in Harku Parish, Harju County in northern 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 Finla ...

of the island of

Saaremaa Saaremaa is the largest island in Estonia, measuring . The main island of Saare County, it is located in the Baltic Sea, south of Hiiumaa island and west of Muhu island, and belongs to the West Estonian Archipelago. The capital of the island i ...

. Besides the small borough Salme there were 24 villages: Anseküla, Easte,

Hindu Hindus (; ) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism.Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pages 35–37 Historically, the term has also been used as a geographical, cultural, and later religious identifier for ...

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, Järve, Kaimri, Kaugatoma, Läätsa,

Lahetaguse Lahetaguse is a village in Saaremaa Parish, Saare County, Estonia, on the island of Saaremaa. It is located on the northern coast of Kaugatoma Bay (part of the Baltic Sea). As of 2011 Estonia Census, 2011 Census, the settlement's population was 2 ...

, Länga,

Lassi Lassi () is a regional name for buttermilk, the traditional dahi (yogurt)–based drink, consumed in the South Asian region. Lassi is a blend of yogurt, water, spices, and sometimes fruit. Salty lassi is similar to doogh, while modern sweet la ...

, Lõmala, Lõu, Metsalõuka,

Mõisaküla Mõisaküla ( lv, Muižciems; Meizakila) is a town in southern Estonia, part of Mulgi Parish of Viljandi County, just next to the border of Latvia. It is considered to be the smallest town in Estonia. The town has 32 streets, with the total le ...

, Möldri, Rahuste, Suurna,

Tehumardi Tehumardi is a village in Saaremaa Parish, Saare County, Estonia, on the island of Saaremaa. As of 2011 Census, the settlement's population was 77. During World War II on 8 October 1944, the Battle of Tehumardi took place near the village. A me ...

, Tiirimetsa, Toomalõuka, Ula, Üüdibe, Vintri. Prior to 1936, the municipality was called Abruka. During the

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, the

Battle of Tehumardi The Battle of Tehumardi ( Estonian: ''Tehumardi öölahing'', Russian: Бой у Техумарди, German ''Schlacht von Tehumardi'') was a battle related to the Moonsund Operation during World War II. Soviet soldiers fought German troops oc ...

took place in Salme. The location is marked by a 21-metre Soviet monument. During the administrative-territorial reform in 2017, all 12 municipalities on the island Saaremaa were merged into a single municipality –

Saaremaa Parish Saaremaa Municipality, also known as Saaremaa Rural Municipality ( et, Saaremaa vald), is a municipality in Saare County in western Estonia. It is the largest municipality in Estonia by land area. The administrative centre of the municipality is i ...

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