Nõva () 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 465 (2008) and an area of 129.6 km². During the administrative reform of Estonian local governments in 2017, a new local government unit - called

Lääne-Nigula parish Lääne-Nigula Parish () is a rural municipality of Estonia, in Lääne County. It has a population of 7,041 (as of 1 January 2019) and an area of . Lääne-Nigula Parish was established by merging Oru, Risti, and Taebla parishes after the mu ...

- was formed through the merger of Nõva and other four rural municipalities. The center of Nõva parish was the village of Nõva, which is located 48 km from

Haapsalu Haapsalu () is a seaside resort town located on the west coast of Estonia. It is the administrative centre of Lääne County, and on 1 January 2020 it had a population of 9,375. History The name ''Haapsalu'' derives from the Estonian words ' ...

and 81 km from

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Populated places

Nõva Parish had 8 villages: Hindaste, Nõmmemaa, Nõva, Peraküla, Rannaküla,

Tusari Tusari is a village in Lääne-Nigula Parish, Lääne County, in western 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 ...

, Vaisi,

Variku Variku is a village in Lääne-Nigula Parish, Lääne County, in western 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 wes ...

References

*''This article includes content from the

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article Nõva vald.''

External links

Official website
Former municipalities of Estonia {{Lääne-geo-stub