Taebla 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' ...
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 ...
,
Estonia
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,
that existed from 1992 to 2013.
After the
municipal elections held on 20 October 2013, Taebla Parish was merged with neighbouring
Oru and
Risti parishes and a new
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 established.
In 2008 it had a population of 2,911 and an area of 141 km
2.
Populated places
Taebla Parish had 2 small boroughs (
Palivere and
Taebla) and 15 villages:
Allikmaa,
Kadarpiku,
Kedre,
Kirimäe,
Koela,
Leediküla,
Luigu,
Nigula,
Nihka,
Pälli,
Tagavere,
Turvalepa,
Väänla,
Vidruka and
Võntküla.
References
External links
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Former municipalities of Estonia
Geography of Lääne County
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