Vaiste

{{Short description|Village in Estonia}}

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Estonia

| subdivision_type1 = County

| subdivision_name1 = Pärnu County

| subdivision_type2 = Municipality

| subdivision_name2 = Lääneranna Parish

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| population_total = 33

| population_as_of = 01.01.2011

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

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Vaiste ({{langx|de|Waist}}) is a village in Lääneranna Parish, Pärnu County, in southwestern Estonia, on the coast of the Gulf of Riga. It has a population of 33 (as of 1 January 2011).{{cite web|title=Rahvastik ja külad|url=http://www.varbla.ee/client/default.asp?wa_id=41&wa_object_id=1|publisher=Varbla vald|access-date=24 May 2011|language=et|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120316201701/http://www.varbla.ee/client/default.asp?wa_id=41&wa_object_id=1|archive-date=16 March 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}

Vaiste (Waist) knight manor was established in 1661 by the owner of Vana-Varbla Manor Gustav Bauen. The latest 1-storey wooden main building was constructed in the 1880s when the owner was Roman von Nasackin. It was demolished in 1969–1970.{{cite web|title=Vaiste rüütlimõis (Waist)|url=http://mois.tostamaa.ee/vaiste_mois.htm|publisher=SA Tõstamaa Mõis|access-date=25 May 2011|language=et|archive-date=22 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110822091646/http://mois.tostamaa.ee/vaiste_mois.htm|url-status=live}}

Ännikse–Kilgi–Vaiste railway line for lumber transport operated from 1919 to 1950.