Torgu Parish

Torgu Parish
Torgu vald
Municipality of Estonia
Farmhouse in Laadla village

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Torgu Parish within Saare County.
Country Estonia
County Saare County
Administrative centre Iide
Area
  Total 126.44 km2 (48.82 sq mi)
Population (01.01.2006)
  Total 375
  Density 3.0/km2 (7.7/sq mi)
Website www.torgu.ee

Torgu Parish was a rural municipality at the tip of the Sõrve Peninsula on the island of Saaremaa in western Estonia. It is a part of Saare County.

This parish consisted of 22 villages. The municipality had a population of 375 (as of 1 January 2006) and covered an area of 126.44 km².

During the administrative-territorial reform in 2017, all 12 municipalities on the island Saaremaa were merged into a single municipality – Saaremaa Parish.[1]

Villages

Hänga - Iide - Jämaja - Kaavi - Kargi - Karuste - Kaunispe - Laadla - Läbara - Lindmetsa - Lõupõllu - Lülle - Maantee - Mäebe - Mässa - Mõisaküla - Mõntu - Ohessaare - Sääre - Soodevahe - Tammuna - Türju

See also

References

  1. "Kihelkonna valla, Kuressaare linna, Laimjala valla, Leisi valla, Lääne-Saare valla, Mustjala valla, Orissaare valla, Pihtla valla, Pöide valla, Salme valla, Torgu valla ja Valjala valla osas haldusterritoriaalse korralduse ja Vabariigi Valitsuse 3. aprilli 1995. a määruse nr 159 „Eesti territooriumi haldusüksuste nimistu kinnitamine" muutmine". Riigi Teataja (in Estonian). Retrieved 11 December 2017.

Coordinates: 57°58′33″N 22°05′15″E / 57.97583°N 22.08750°E / 57.97583; 22.08750

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