Paikuse

{{Short description|Borough in Estonia}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Paikuse

| settlement_type = Borough

| image_skyline = Sindi-Lodja I kiviaja asulakoht.JPG

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| image_caption = Sindi-Lodja stone age settlement in Paikuse

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| pushpin_map = Estonia

| pushpin_label_position = right

| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Estonia

| coordinates = {{Coord|58|22|31|N|24|37|22|E|region:EE|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Estonia

| subdivision_type1 = County

| subdivision_name1 = Pärnu County

| subdivision_type2 = Municipality

| subdivision_name2 = Pärnu

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| population_total = 2375

| population_as_of = 2011 Census

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Paikuse is a borough ({{langx|et|alev}}) in Pärnu municipality, Pärnu County, southwestern Estonia. As of the 2011 census, the settlement's population was 2,375.{{cite web|title=Population by place of residence (settlement), sex and age|url=http://pub.stat.ee/px-web.2001/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=PC003&lang=1|publisher=Statistics Estonia|access-date=31 May 2013|date=31 December 2011}}

Paikuse is the birthplace of chess player Helmuth Luik (1928-2009).