Tahkuranna was a rural

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''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 ...

, 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 ...

. It existed from 1991 to 2017, while from 1991 to 1995 it bore the name of Uulu Parish (''Uulu vald''). During the administrative reform ( :et) in 2017, Tahkuranna Parish was merged with neighbouring

Häädemeeste Parish Häädemeeste () is a municipality located in Pärnu County of Estonia. Häädmeeste literally means "(place) of good men" in Estonian. Nigula Nature Reserve is partly located in Häädemeeste Parish. The largest river in the parish is the Ran ...

, the latter keeping its name. Tahkuranna was home to ("Lotte World"), a theme park in the village of

Reiu Reiu is a village in Häädemeeste Parish, Pärnu County in southwestern Estonia. It is located just south of the city of Pärnu (about from the city centre), between Pärnu Bay Pärnu Bay () is a bay in the northeastern part of the Gulf ...

based on the '' Lotte from Gadgetville'' franchise.

Settlements

;Small borough:

Võiste Võiste is a small borough (') in Häädemeeste Parish, Pärnu County 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 ...

;Villages: Laadi - Leina - Lepaküla - Mereküla - Metsaküla - Piirumi -

Tahkuranna Tahkuranna is a village in Häädemeeste Parish, Pärnu County in southwestern Estonia. It is the birthplace of Konstantin Päts, the first president of Estonia and his brother, artist and politician Voldemar Päts Voldemar Päts (19 July 1878, ...

- Uulu

References

External links

Tahkuranna Parish official website
Former municipalities of Estonia {{Pärnu-geo-stub