Noarootsi

Noarootsi
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State :	Estonia
Circle :	Lääne
Coordinates :	59 ° 0 ′  N , 23 ° 31 ′  E Coordinates: 59 ° 0 ′  N , 23 ° 31 ′  E
Area :	296  km²
Residents :	981 (Jan. 1, 2008)
Population density :	3 inhabitants per km²
Time zone :	EET (UTC + 2)
Telephone code :	(+372) 047
Postal code :	91201
Community type:	former rural community

Noarootsi (Swedish and German: Nuckö ) is a former rural community in the Estonian district of Lääne with an area of ​​296 km². It had 981 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2008). In 2017 Noarootsi became part of the enlarged rural community of Lääne-Nigula .

Noarootsi was directly on the Baltic Sea in the western part of the district. Since the middle of the 13th century the area was mostly inhabited by Estonian Swedes , who lived mainly from fishing. Most of the Swedish-speaking residents were relocated to Sweden in 1943/44 shortly before the Soviet Union occupied Estonia .

Villages

Since 1997 the place names have been given bilingually in Estonian and Swedish. The administrative seat was in Pürksi (Birkas).

The following villages belonged to the rural community:

Estonian name	Swedish name	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Aulepa	Dirslätt	17th	18th	17th	17th	19th	19th
Dirhami	Derhamn	20th	20th	20th	20th	19th	20th
A bi	Enby	29	30th	31	31	33	31
Elbiku	Ölbäck	38	37	37	39	30th	31
Hara	Harga	40	40	41	42	40	41
Hosby	Hosby	30th	30th	29	28	29	25th
Höbringi	Höbring	17th	15th	15th	15th	13	13
Kudani	Gutanäs	13	15th	22nd	24	20th	18th
Osmotic hairs	Odensholm	2	2	2	2	2	6th
Paslepa	Pasklep	77	74	87	92	90	95
Pürksi	Birkas	254	258	242	234	239	234
Riguldi	Rickul	24	22nd	23	22nd	21st	21st
Rooslepa	Roslep	41	34	34	33	31	31
Saare	Lyckholm	21st	21st	22nd	22nd	23	23
Spithami	Spithamn	12	9	12	13	16	20th
Sutlepa	Sutlep	152	152	144	141	134	133
Suur-Nõmmküla	Klottorp	13	16	14th	13	12	12
Tahu	Skåtanäs	21st	22nd	20th	23	24	24
Telise	Tällnäs					12	11
Tuksi	Bergsby	12	10	16	11	15th	18th
Vanaküla	Gambyn	25th	25th	13	13	9	9
Väike-Nõmmküla	Persåker	19th	21st	23	24	23	24
Osterby	Osterby	41	40	44	42	41	38
	Total population	918	911	908	901	895	897

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  Põõsaspea

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  Osmussaar

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  Ramsi

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  Dirhami

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  Hosby

Web links

• Coastal Swedish culture in Estonia (in Estonian, Swedish and Finnish)
• Museum of Coastal Sweden in Haapsalu (in Estonian and Swedish)
• Beyer, Jürgen, 'Whom should one thank for a narrow escape? Lessons drawn from a perilous journey from Vormsi and Noarootsi to Finland in 1796 ', in: Pro Ethnologia 17 (2004), pp. 175–195 (PDF file; 7.00 MB)