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Hanila Parish Hanila vald | |
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![]() Hanila Parish within Lääne County. | |
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Administrative centre | Kõmsi |
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• Total | 232 km2 (90 sq mi) |
Population (2006) | |
• Total | 1,679 |
• Density | 7.2/km2 (19/sq mi) |
Website | www.hanila.ee |
Hanila Parish (Estonian : Hanila vald) was a rural municipality of Estonia, in Lääne County. [1] It had a population of 1,679 (2006) and an area of 232 km2 (90 sq mi). In 2017, Hanila Parish, Lihula Parish, Koonga Parish, and Varbla Parish were merged to form Lääneranna Parish.
Current chairman of the council (est: volikogu esimees) was Mardo Leiumaa. The mayor (est: vallavanem) was Arno Peksar.
Hanila Parish had one small town and 28 villages.
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