Noarootsi
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State : | Estonia | ||
Circle : | Lääne | ||
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 |
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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 |
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)