Vanaküla (at Pürksi)
Coordinates: 59 ° 7 ' N , 23 ° 35' E
Vanaküla (Swedish Gambyn ) is a village ( Estonian küla ) in the rural municipality Lääne-Nigula (until 2017: rural municipality Noarootsi ) in Lääne County in Estonia . Vanaküla should not be confused with the village of the same name near Martna, which is also in the rural municipality of Lääne-Nigula.
Population and location
The place has seven inhabitants (as of December 31, 2011).
The place name is officially bilingual Estonian and Swedish, as the village belonged to the traditional settlement area of the Estonian Swedes until 1944 .
nature
From Vanaküla, a 4.5 kilometer long hiking trail leads into the extensive marshland of Leidissoo. It is mainly used to observe cranes , black woodpeckers and goat milkers .