Hanila Parish () was a rural

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, in

Lääne County Lääne County ( or ''Läänemaa'', literally "Western land"; ; ) is one of the 15 counties of Estonia. It is located in western Estonia and borders the Baltic Sea to the north, Harju County to the north-east, Rapla County to the east, Pärnu Cou ...

. It had a population of 1,679 (2006) and an area of . In 2017, Hanila Parish, Lihula Parish,

Koonga Parish Koonga was a municipality located in Pärnu County, one of the 15 counties of Estonia. In 2017, Koonga Parish, Hanila Parish, Lihula Parish, and Varbla Parish were merged to form Lääneranna Parish. It is one of the oldest known human settlem ...

, and Varbla Parish were merged to form

Lääneranna Parish Lääneranna Parish () is a rural municipality in Pärnu County. It includes the town of Lihula. Gallery Lihula.jpg, Lihula town Kõima mõisa peahoone.jpg, Kõima manor in Kõima village Virtsu lighthouse 1.jpg, Lighthouse in Virtsu Settl ...

Local government

Current chairman of the council ( est: ''volikogu esimees'') was Mardo Leiumaa. The mayor ( est: ''vallavanem'') was Arno Peksar.

Populated places

Hanila

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had one

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and 28

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Small town

Virtsu Virtsu () is a small borough (') in Lääneranna Parish, Pärnu County, Estonia. It lies on the western coast of continental Estonia, and is a location of the main port for traffic to and from Saaremaa, the largest island of Estonia. The Virtsu ...

Villages

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