Mäense Explained

Official Name:Mäense
Settlement Type:Village
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Estonia
Subdivision Type1:County
Subdivision Name1:Pärnu County
Subdivision Type2:Parish
Subdivision Name2:Lääneranna Parish
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3

Mäense is a village in Lääneranna Parish, Pärnu County, in western Estonia,[1] covering 6.537 km2. It is located along the Highway 190 which links the village to National Road 10, and is 1 kilometre away from Massu, the nearest village, and about 110 km in straight-line distance and 128 km in road distance away from Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It had a population of 20 in the 2000 census and a population of 12 in the 2011 Census. The population is 50% male (6 people) and 50% female (6 people), and there are no children under the age of 18, with 25% over 65 (3 people).[2] All inhabitants of the village identify as ethnic Estonians. The village is surrounded by farmland and woodland.

Facilities

The village has a single bus stop at the southern end, which provides the inhabitants of the village twice-a-day service to Lihula, once at around 7am and once at around 4:30pm.[3]

References

58.6667°N 61°W

Notes and References

  1. (retrieved 28 July 2021)
  2. Census information about Mäense, Estonia. https://www.citypopulation.de/php/estonia-laane.php?cityid=5202
  3. Bus timetable from Mäense to Lihula (in Estonian). http://www.peatus.ee/#route_search;31980,31981;31241,31896