Tootsi

Borough in Estonia
Borough in Pärnu County, Estonia
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58°35′10″N 24°47′8″E / 58.58611°N 24.78556°E / 58.58611; 24.78556Country EstoniaCounty Pärnu CountyMunicipality Põhja-Pärnumaa ParishArea
 • Total1.76 km2 (0.68 sq mi)Population
 (01.01.2009)
 • Total951 • Density540/km2 (1,400/sq mi)Websitewww.tootsi.ee

Tootsi is a borough (Estonian: alev) in Põhja-Pärnumaa Parish, Pärnu County], in southwestern Estonia. Before the administrative reform in 2017, Tootsi had a municipality status of its own as Tootsi Parish (Tootsi vald) within Pärnu County. It has the population of 951 (as of 1 January 2009) and an area of 1.76 km².[1]

Tootsi was founded in 1938, and in 1949 was granted borough rights.

Until December 2018 Tootsi had a station on the Tallinn - Pärnu railway line operated by Elron located in the neighbouring village of Elbi.

There is a museum dedicated to the peat industry in Tootsi.

Musician and playwright Ivar Põllu was born in Tootsi in 1974.

Tootsi peat factory

References

  1. ^ "Population figure and composition". Statistics Estonia. Retrieved 29 January 2010.

External links

  • Official website (in Estonian)
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