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

Kõrkküla, Lääne-Viru County

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Kõrkküla
Village
Baltic Klint's Cambrian berm in Kõrkküla.
Baltic Klint's Cambrian berm in Kõrkküla.
Kõrkküla is located in Estonia
Kõrkküla
Kõrkküla
Location in Estonia
Coordinates: 59°25′45″N 26°56′11″E / 59.42917°N 26.93639°E / 59.42917; 26.93639
CountryEstonia
CountyLääne-Viru County
MunicipalityViru-Nigula Parish
First mentioned1466[1]
Population
 (10.01.2012[2])
 • Total40

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

  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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