Moldova (Lüganuse)

Coordinates: 59 ° 25 '  N , 27 ° 7'  E

Moldova (Lüganuse)​

Estonia

Moldova is a village ( Estonian küla ) in the rural municipality of Lüganuse ( Luganuse vald ). It is located in Ida-Viru County ( East Wierland ) in northeast Estonia .

Description and history

The village has 23 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2012). It is located a few meters from the Gulf of Finland .

Since 2009 there have been contacts between the village of Moldova and the Republic of Moldova , which is called Republica Moldova in the state language . The name of the Estonian village probably comes from the surname Moldau , which is common there.

West of Moldova is the small Ahermu waterfall ( Ahermu juga ) near the farm of the same name. The 1.5 m high waterfall is one of the few sandstone waterfalls that formed in Estonia during the Cambrian .

Web links

• Description and history (Estonian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from March 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ http://www.postimees.ee/107414/moldova-kula-loob-suhteid-samanimelise-riigiga/
3. ↑ http://www.eestigiid.ee/?SCat=43&CatID=0&ItemID=1701