Audru Explained

Audru
Settlement Type:	Small borough
Pushpin Map:	Estonia
Pushpin Label Position:	right
Pushpin Map Caption:	Location in Estonia
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	Estonia
Subdivision Type1:	County
Subdivision Name1:	Pärnu County
Subdivision Type2:	Municipality
Subdivision Name2:	Pärnu
Population Total:	1492
Population As Of:	2011 Census
Population Density Km2:	auto

Audru (de|Audern^[1]) is a small borough (et|alevik) in Pärnu municipality, Pärnu County, southwestern Estonia. Before the administrative reform in 2017, Audru was the administrative centre of Audru Parish. At the 2011 Census, the settlement's population was 1,492.^[2]

Notable residents

• Aleksander Kunileid (1845–1875), Estonian composer, was born in Audru.
• Adolf Pilar von Pilchau (1851–1925), Baltic German politician, regent of the United Baltic Duchy, was the owner of Audru Manor.

See also

• Audru Ring

External links

• Audru Parish

Notes and References

1. https://tehnikamuuseum.com/content/documents/book.pdf Rene Levoll: "The last motor race of the empire (ee: Impeeriumi viimane motovõistlus, de: Das letzte Autorennen des Imperiums)", Tallinn 2014, Estonian Old Technics Museum Foundation, page 81 "list of former and present place names of places"
2. Web site: Population by place of residence (settlement), sex and age. Statistics Estonia. 31 May 2013. 31 December 2011.