Lääne-Saare Parish

{{Short description|Former municipality of Estonia}}

{{More footnotes|date=February 2022}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Lääne-Saare Parish

| native_name = Lääne-Saare vald

| settlement_type = Former municipality of Estonia

| image_skyline = Loode tammik Saaremaal.jpg

| imagesize = 200px

| image_caption =

| image_flag = Lääne-Saare lipp.jpg

| flag_size = 125px

| image_shield = Lääne-Saare valla vapp.svg

| shield_size = 75px

| image_map = Eesti laane-saare vald.png

| mapsize =

| map_caption = Lääne-Saare Parish within Saare County.

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Estonia

| subdivision_type1 = County

| subdivision_name1 = Saare County

| seat_type = Administrative centre

| seat = Kuressaare

| leader_party =

| leader_title =

| leader_name =

| area_total_km2 = 807

| population_total = 7200

| population_as_of = 2014

| population_density_km2 = auto

| website = {{URL|http://www.laanesaare.ee}}

}}

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Lääne-Saare Parish ({{langx|et|Lääne-Saare vald}}) was a rural municipality of Estonia, in Saare County. It was located on the western part of Saaremaa island. The municipality has a population of ca 7,200 and an area of 807 km2.

Lääne-Saare Parish was established by merging Kaarma, Kärla and Lümanda parishes on 12 December 2014.{{cite news|title=Täna tõmmati esmakordselt lehvima uue Lääne-Saare valla lipp|url=http://uudised.err.ee/v/eesti/81a52c86-df4a-4abc-be18-9dfcfcf5468a|accessdate=3 January 2015|publisher=ERR|date=2014-12-31|language=Estonian}}

During the administrative-territorial reform in 2017, all 12 municipalities on the island Saaremaa were merged into a single municipality – Saaremaa Parish.

Populated places

References

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{{cite web|title=Kihelkonna valla, Kuressaare linna, Laimjala valla, Leisi valla, Lääne-Saare valla, Mustjala valla, Orissaare valla, Pihtla valla, Pöide valla, Salme valla, Torgu valla ja Valjala valla osas haldusterritoriaalse korralduse ja Vabariigi Valitsuse 3. aprilli 1995. a määruse nr 159 „Eesti territooriumi haldusüksuste nimistu kinnitamine” muutmine|url=https://www.riigiteataja.ee/akt/131052017006|website=Riigi Teataja|accessdate=11 December 2017|language=Estonian}}

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