Kõrkküla, Lääne-Viru County
Village in Estonia
Village in Lääne-Viru County, Estonia
59°25′45″N 26°56′11″E / 59.42917°N 26.93639°E / 59.42917; 26.93639 (10.01.2012[2])
Kõrkküla is a village in Viru-Nigula Parish, Lääne-Viru County in northeastern Estonia.[3] It's located on the coast of the Gulf of Finland, by the Tallinn–Narva (Saint Petersburg) road (part of E20), just southeast of Aseri. Kõrkküla has a population of 40 (as of 10 January 2012).[2]
Kõrkküla was first mentioned in 1466.[1]
There is a limestone cross beside the road to memorialize a Russian boyar Vassili Rosladin, who was killed there in 1590.[1]
References
- ^ a b c "Kõrkküla" (in Estonian). eestigiid.ee. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
- ^ a b "Asukoht ja rahvastik" (in Estonian). Aseri vald. Archived from the original on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
- ^ Classification of Estonian administrative units and settlements 2014 (retrieved 28 July 2021)
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Settlements in Viru-Nigula Parish
- Kunda
- Aseri
- Viru-Nigula
- Aasukalda
- Aseriaru
- Iila
- Kabeli
- Kaliküla
- Kalvi
- Kanguristi
- Kestla
- Kiviküla
- Koila
- Koogu
- Kõrkküla
- Kõrtsialuse
- Kunda
- Kurna
- Kutsala
- Kuura
- Letipea
- Linnuse
- Mahu
- Malla
- Marinu - Metsavälja
- Nugeri
- Ojaküla
- Oru
- Paasküla
- Pada
- Pada-Aruküla
- Pärna
- Pikaristi
- Rannu
- Samma
- Selja
- Siberi
- Simunamäe
- Toomika
- Tüükri
- Unukse
- Varudi
- Vasta
- Villavere
- Võrkla
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