Tõstamaa Parish

Tõstamaa Parish Tõstamaa vald
Municipality of Estonia
Tõrvanõmme pine Tõrvanõmme pine
Flag of Tõstamaa Parish Flag Coat of arms
Tõstamaa Parish within Pärnu County. Tõstamaa Parish within Pärnu County.
Country	Estonia
County	Pärnu County
Administrative centre	Tõstamaa
Area
• Total	261.01 km2 (100.78 sq mi)
Population (01.01.2006)
• Total	1,572
• Density	6.0/km2 (16/sq mi)
Website	www.tostamaa.ee

Tõstamaa Parish (Estonian: Tõstamaa vald) is a rural municipality in southwestern Estonia. It is a part of Pärnu County. The municipality has a population of 1,572 (as of 1 January 2009) and covers an area of 261.01 km².

Tõstamaa Parish covers part of the flat seashore of western Pärnu County, a low, swampy coastal area bordered by an elevated chain of sand dunes. Behind the dunes spreads a slightly wavy drumlin, where higher places have been reclaimed, but lower ones have remained swampy or meadowland and covered with scattered foliage. And, although Tõstamaa should mean "high land", its populace have long lived not off the land, but off the sea.

Several islands and islets in the Gulf of Riga, including Sorgu and Manilaid, belong to Tõstamaa Parish.

Tõstamaa is home to the historic Tõstamaa Keskkool.

Settlements

Small borough

Tõstamaa

Villages

Alu - Ermistu - Kastna - Kavaru - Kiraste - Kõpu - Lao - Lõuka - Manija - Männikuste - Päraküla - Peerni - Pootsi - Rammuka - Ranniku - Seliste - Tõhela - Tõlli - Värati

Gallery

• Tõstamaa vallamaja 2010.JPG

  Tõstamaa community house

• Tõstamaa mõis.jpg

  Tõstamaa manor house

• Manija külakeskus.jpg

  Manija village centre on Manilaid island

• Seliste kirik, vaade edelast.jpg

  Seliste church

• Pootsi k6pu kirik.jpg

  Pootsi-Kõpu church

• Ermistu järv.JPG

  Lake Ermistu

• Tõstamaa kirik 01.jpg

  Tõstamaa church

• Peerni sadam.JPG

  Peerni harbor

External links

• Official website (Estonian) (English) (Finnish)