Kõrkküla, Lääne-Viru County
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Kõrkküla | |
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![]() Baltic Klint's Cambrian berm in Kõrkküla. | |
Coordinates: 59°25′45″N 26°56′11″E / 59.42917°N 26.93639°E | |
Country | Estonia |
County | Lääne-Viru County |
Municipality | Viru-Nigula Parish |
First mentioned | 1466[1] |
Population (10.01.2012[2]) | |
• Total | 40 |
Kõrkküla is a village in Viru-Nigula Parish, Lääne-Viru County in northeastern Estonia.[3] It's located on the coast of the Gulf of Finland, by the Tallinn–Narva (Saint Petersburg) road (part of E20), just southeast of Aseri. Kõrkküla has a population of 40 (as of 10 January 2012).[2]
Kõrkküla was first mentioned in 1466.[1]
There is a limestone cross beside the road to memorialize a Russian boyar Vassili Rosladin, who was killed there in 1590.[1]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Korkkula_-_panoramio.jpg/220px-Korkkula_-_panoramio.jpg)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Kõrkküla" (in Estonian). eestigiid.ee. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
- ^ a b "Asukoht ja rahvastik" (in Estonian). Aseri vald. Archived from the original on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
- ^ Classification of Estonian administrative units and settlements 2014[dead link] (retrieved 28 July 2021)