Püünsi | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Estonia |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Estonia |
Coordinates: | 59.5531°N 24.7956°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | ![]() |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Harju County |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Viimsi Parish |
Population Total: | 1234 |
Population As Of: | 01.01.2011 |
Püünsi is a village in Viimsi Parish, Harju County in northern Estonia.[1] It's located about 13km (08miles) northeast of the centre of Tallinn, situated just north of the village of Pringi before Rohuneeme, on the eastern coast of Tallinn Bay. Püünsi has a population of 1,234 (as of 1 January 2011).[2]
On 10 August 2005 a Copterline helicopter on Tallinn–Helsinki route crashed about 3 km west of Püünsi into the Tallinn Bay. All 14 people on the helicopter died.