Virtsu is a

small borough The following is a list of boroughs ( et, alevid) and small boroughs ( et, alevikud) in Estonia. Boroughs *Aegviidu * Järva-Jaani * Järvakandi * Kiili *Kohila *Kohtla-Nõmme * Lavassaare *Märjamaa *Paikuse * Pärnu-Jaagupi * Tootsi * Vändra ...

(') in

Lääneranna Parish Lääneranna Parish ( et, Lääneranna vald) is a rural municipality in Pärnu County. It includes the town of Lihula.https://www.laanerannavald.ee/ (accessed 7 March 2020) Settlements ;Town Lihula ;Boroughs Virtsu ;Villages There are 150 vil ...

Pärnu County Pärnu County ( et, Pärnu maakond or ''Pärnumaa''; german: Kreis Pernau) 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 nor ...

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, an ...

. It lies on the western coast of continental

, and is a location of the main

port A port is a maritime facility comprising one or more wharves or loading areas, where ships load and discharge cargo and passengers. Although usually situated on a sea coast or estuary, ports can also be found far inland, such as H ...

for traffic to and from

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 isla ...

, the largest

island An island (or isle) is an isolated piece of habitat that is surrounded by a dramatically different habitat, such as water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An isla ...

. The Virtsu ferry goes to

Kuivastu Kuivastu is a village on the eastern coast of the Estonian island Muhu. (retrieved 28 July 2021) Kuivastu Harbour is the primary gateway to the biggest Estonian island Saaremaa (Muhu and Saaremaa are distinct islands, but are connected by a caus ...

, which is located on the island of

Muhu Muhu (also called Muhumaa in Estonian), is an island in the West Estonian archipelago of the Baltic Sea. With an area of it is the third largest island belonging to Estonia, after Saaremaa and Hiiumaa. Together with neighbouring smaller is ...

, which is in turn connected to Saaremaa by the largest

causeway A causeway is a track, road or railway on the upper point of an embankment across "a low, or wet place, or piece of water". It can be constructed of earth, masonry, wood, or concrete. One of the earliest known wooden causeways is the Sweet Tr ...

in Estonia, the

Väinatamm Väinatamm is the name of the largest causeway in Estonia on the Estonian national road 10. The causeway, opened in 1896, connects the island of Muhu, located between Saaremaa and the continent, with Saaremaa. Construction of the causeway cut th ...

. As of the 2011 Census, the settlement's population was 539.

Puhtu Puhtu (also known as Puhtuaid) is a former islet and since the beginning of the 19th century a peninsula in western Estonia. Administratively it belongs to Virtsu small borough in Lääneranna Parish, Pärnu County. Puhtu is covered by a speci ...

peninsula, a former island, belongs to Virtsu.

In popular culture

Virtsu (referred to by earlier names Werder and Wirtsu) is described by English adventurer-writer

Arthur Ransome Arthur Michell Ransome (18 January 1884 – 3 June 1967) was an English author and journalist. He is best known for writing and illustrating the ''Swallows and Amazons'' series of children's books about the school-holiday adventures of childre ...

in his nautical yarn ''

Racundra's First Cruise ''Racundra's First Cruise'' is the first book about sailing written by Arthur Ransome, author of the ''Swallows and Amazons'' series. It describes a trip he made across the Baltic Sea from Riga in Latvia to Helsinki in Finland and back in a 9 metr ...

''.

Climate

Gallery

Virtsu liitsihi alumine tulepaak.JPG, Port of Virtsu Ärev taevas.jpg, Wind farm in Virtsu Virtsu mõisapargi väravaehitis 03.JPG, Gate to Virtsu manor park Virtsu põllutöötehnika.JPG, Old machinery Jäämäed Puhtulaiul.JPG, Ice in Puhtu

References

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