Nasva (Saaremaa)
Coordinates: 58 ° 14 ' N , 22 ° 23' E
Nasva (German Naswa ) is a village ( Estonian alevik ) on the largest Estonian island Saaremaa . It belongs to the rural municipality Saaremaa (until 2017: rural municipality Lääne-Saare ) in the Saare district .
Population and location
The village has 404 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2016). Its area is 12.54 km². It is located seven kilometers southwest of the island's capital Kuressaare .
The three-kilometer-long Nasva River (Nasva jõgi) flows into the Baltic Sea here . There is also the small port of the place. It got its present appearance in the 1980s as the center of the Saare Kalur collective farm . The port has six quays with a total length of 279 meters.
literature
- Baltic historical local dictionary. Part 1: Estonia (including Northern Livonia) (= sources and studies on Baltic history. Volume 8/1). Started by Hans Feldmann . Published by Heinz von zur Mühlen . Edited by Gertrud Westermann . Böhlau, Cologne / Vienna 1985, ISBN 3-412-07183-8 , p. 376.
Web links
- Official Website (Facebook)
- Description (eestigiid.ee)
- Entry in Eesti Entsüklopeedia (online version)
- 360 degree panorama of the port
Individual evidence
- ↑ Municipal administration Lääne-Saare ( Memento of the original from December 22, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed November 7, 2016
