:Kihnu Parish

{{Short description|Municipality of Estonia}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Kihnu Parish

| native_name = Kihnu vald

| settlement_type = Municipality of Estonia

| image_skyline = Kihnu lighthouse2.jpg

| imagesize = 200px

| image_caption = Kihnu lighthouse

| image_flag = EE Kihnu fl.svg

| flag_size = 85px

| image_shield = EE_Kihnu.png

| shield_size = 75px

| image_map = Eesti kihnu vald.png

| mapsize =

| map_caption = Kihnu Parish within Pärnu County.

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{flag|Estonia}}

| subdivision_type1 = County

| subdivision_name1 = 24px Pärnu County

| seat_type = Administrative centre

| seat = Sääre

| leader_party =

| leader_title =

| leader_name =

| area_total_km2 = 16.88

| population_total = 687

| population_as_of = 2019

| population_density_km2 = auto

| website = [http://kihnu.ee kihnu.ee]

| iso_code = EE-303

}}

Kihnu Parish ({{langx|et|Kihnu vald}}) is a rural municipality of Estonia, in Pärnu County. The parish covers the 16.88 km² area of Kihnu island, making it one of the smallest parishes in Estonia. As of 2010, Kihnu Parish had an estimated population of 489.{{cite web|url=http://pub.stat.ee/px-web.2001/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=Po0291&ti=POPULATION+NUMBER%2C+AREA+AND+DENSITY+BY+ADMINISTRATIVE+UNIT+OR+TYPE+OF+SETTLEMENT%2C+1+JANUARY&path=../I_Databas/Population/01Population_indicators_and_composition/04Population_figure_and_composition/&lang=1|title=Population figure and composition|publisher=Statistics Estonia|accessdate=16 August 2010}} In 2003, UNESCO named Kihnu Island's culture as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible History of Humanity, placing the island on the organization's Intangible Cultural Heritage list.{{Cite web|title=UNESCO - Kihnu cultural space|url=https://ich.unesco.org/en/lists|access-date=2021-04-08|website=ich.unesco.org|language=en}}