Hiiu Parish
Hiiu Parish
Hiiu vald | |
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Country | Estonia |
County | Hiiu County |
Administrative centre | Kärdla |
Government | |
• Mayor | Reili Rand (SDE) |
Area | |
• Total | 388 km2 (150 sq mi) |
Population (26.06.2013) | |
• Total | ca 5,000 |
Website | www |
Hiiu Parish (Estonian: Hiiu vald) was a rural municipality of Hiiu County, Estonia. It occupied the northwestern part of the Hiiumaa island. The population was about 5000 (as of 26 June 2013), about 3600 of whom lived in the parish seat.
Hiiu Parish was established by merging the town of Kärdla (former urban municipality) and Kõrgessaare Parish after the municipal elections held on 20 October 2013.[1] Kärdla was non-contiguous with the rest of the municipality.
Populated places
Hiiu Parish had a town Kärdla, a small borough (alevik) Kõrgessaare and 58 villages: Heigi, Heiste, Heistesoo, Hirmuste, Hüti, Isabella, Jõeranna, Jõesuu, Kalana, Kaleste, Kanapeeksi, Kauste, Kidaste, Kiduspe, Kiivera, Kodeste, Koidma, Kopa, Kõpu, Kurisu, Laasi, Lauka, Lehtma, Leigri, Lilbi, Luidja, Mägipe, Malvaste, Mangu, Mardihansu, Meelste, Metsaküla, Mudaste, Napi, Nõmme, Ogandi, Ojaküla, Otste, Palli, Paope, Pihla, Poama, Puski, Reigi, Risti, Rootsi, Sigala, Sülluste, Suurepsi, Suureranna, Tahkuna, Tammistu, Tiharu, Ülendi, Viita, Viitasoo, Vilima, Villamaa.
Gallery
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Kõrgessaare distillery
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Kärdla fire station
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Rannapaargu restaurant in Kärdla
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Kõpu Orthodox church-schoolhouse
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Tahkuna lighthouse
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Reigi church
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Malvaste chapel
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Hill of Crosses (Ristimägi) in Risti
See also
References
- ^ Siseministeerium Archived 2013-10-29 at the Wayback Machine Tekib seitse tugevat valda. 2013
External links
- Official website (in Estonian)
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