Kõrkküla, Lääne-Viru County

Village in Estonia

Village in Lääne-Viru County, Estonia

Kõrkküla

Village

Baltic Klint's Cambrian berm in Kõrkküla.

Kõrkküla

Location in Estonia

Coordinates: 59°25′45″N 26°56′11″E﻿ / ﻿59.42917°N 26.93639°E﻿ / 59.42917; 26.93639
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]

Limestone cross

## References

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1. ^ a b c "Kõrkküla" (in Estonian). eestigiid.ee. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
2. ^ a b "Asukoht ja rahvastik" (in Estonian). Aseri vald. Archived from the original on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
3. ^ Classification of Estonian administrative units and settlements 2014[dead link‍] (retrieved 28 July 2021)

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Settlements in Viru-Nigula Parish

Towns|

* Kunda

Small borough|

* Aseri
* Viru-Nigula

Villages|

* Aasukalda
* Aseriaru
* Iila
* Kabeli
* Kaliküla
* Kalvi
* Kanguristi
* Kestla
* Kiviküla
* Koila
* Koogu
* Kõrkküla
* Kõrtsialuse
* Kunda
* Kurna
* Kutsala
* Kuura
* Letipea
* Linnuse
* Mahu
* Malla
* Marinu \- Metsavälja
* Nugeri
* Ojaküla
* Oru
* Paasküla
* Pada
* Pada-Aruküla
* Pärna
* Pikaristi
* Rannu
* Samma
* Selja
* Siberi
* Simunamäe
* Toomika
* Tüükri
* Unukse
* Varudi
* Vasta
* Villavere
* Võrkla

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