Lihula Parish ( et, Lihula vald) 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 ...
in
Lääne County
Lääne County ( et, Lääne maakond or ''Läänemaa'', literally "Western land"; german: Wiek; la, Rotalia) is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It is located in western Estonia and borders the Baltic Sea to the north, Harju County to the north-ea ...
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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, and t ...
. It had a population of 2,652 (as of 1 January 2010) and an area of .
In 2017, Lihula Parish,
Hanila Parish
Hanila Parish ( et, Hanila vald) was a rural municipality of Estonia, in Lääne County. It had a population of 1,679 (2006) and an area of . In 2017, Hanila Parish, Lihula Parish, Koonga Parish, and Varbla Parish were merged to form Läänera ...
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Koonga Parish, and
Varbla Parish
Varbla (german: Werpel) was an Estonian municipality located in Pärnu County. It had a population of 1013 on 1 January 2006 and an area of . In 2017, Varbla Parish, Lihula Parish, Hanila Parish, and Koonga Parish were merged to form Läänera ...
were merged to form
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
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Virtsu
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Settlements
Town
Lihula
Lihula is a town in Lääneranna Parish, Pärnu County, Estonia.
Lihula castle
The castle of Lihula (german: Leal) was first mentioned in 1211, but it appears the site was used as a fortress since the Iron Age. In 1220, a Swedish army starte ...
Villages
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Former municipalities of Estonia
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