Tehumardi

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Tehumardi
Village
Tehumardi is located in Estonia
Tehumardi
Tehumardi
Location in Estonia
Coordinates: 58°10′52″N 22°14′47″E / 58.181111111111°N 22.246388888889°E / 58.181111111111; 22.246388888889Coordinates: 58°10′52″N 22°14′47″E / 58.181111111111°N 22.246388888889°E / 58.181111111111; 22.246388888889
CountryEstonia
CountySaare County
MunicipalitySaaremaa Parish
Population
 (2011 Census[1])
 • Total77

Tehumardi is a village in Saaremaa Parish, Saare County, Estonia, on the island of Saaremaa.[2] As of 2011 Census, the settlement's population was 77.[1]

During World War II on 8 October 1944, the Battle of Tehumardi took place near the village. A memorial was erected in 1966.

Before the administrative reform in 2017, the village was in Salme Parish.[3]

Gallery[]

  • Tehumardi memorial

  • TehumardiMonumentCemetery.JPG
  • SovietMemorialSaaremaa.JPG

  • Estonian Rifle Corps War Veterans Ensemble "Tehumardi" in Tehumardi, 1980

  • Tehumardi quarry

See also[]

  • Moonsund Landing Operation
  • Salme River

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Population by place of residence (settlement), sex and age". Statistics Estonia. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  2. ^ "Lisa. Asustusüksuste nimistu" (PDF). haldusreform.fin.ee (in Estonian). Rahandusministeerium. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  3. ^ "Saaremaa külad endiste valdade piires". www.saaremaa.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 3 December 2017.


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