Kuressaare Parish () 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' ...

of Estonia, in

Saare County Saare County ( or ''Saaremaa''; ; ; ; ) is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It consists of Saaremaa, the largest island of Estonia, and several smaller islands near it, most notably Muhu, Ruhnu, Abruka and Vilsandi. The county borders Lääne Count ...

. The parish was formed in 1938. It existed until 1950. The parish was re-established in 1992. In 1999 the parish was merged with

Kaarma Parish Kaarma Parish was a municipality of Saare County, Estonia next to Kuressaare. In 2014, it was merged with the municipalities of Kärla and Lümanda to become the Lääne-Saare municipality. The municipality had a population of 4,608 (as of 1 ...

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Saare County Former municipalities of Estonia {{Saare-geo-stub