Tõhela is a village in Pärnu municipality,

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 ...

, in southwestern

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. It has a population of 51 (as of 1 January 2011). Tõhela was first mentioned in 1518 as ''Toegel'' and ''Toigel''. But the place itself has been inhabited earlier before, as prove the gravesites from the beginning of the 2nd millennium. Lake Tõhela is located south, in the neighbouring

Männikuste Männikuste is a village in Pärnu urban municipality, Pärnu County, 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 Finlan ...

village.

Gallery

File:Tõhela kirik.JPG, Tõhela St. John the Baptist Church File:Tõhela.JPG, Tõhela village centre

References

External links

Website of Tõhela region (Alu, Kiraste, Männikuste and Tõhela villages)
Villages in Pärnu County Kreis Pernau {{Pärnu-geo-stub