Official Name: | Salme, Estonia |
Settlement Type: | Small borough |
Pushpin Map: | Estonia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Estonia |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Saare County |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Saaremaa Parish |
Area Total Km2: | 1.8 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 421 |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Coordinates: | 58.1667°N 38°W |
Salme is a small borough in Saaremaa Parish, Saare County, in western Estonia. Prior to the administrative reform of Estonian municipalities in 2017, the village was the administrative center of Salme Parish.
The Salme shipfind consisted of two clinker-built ships discovered in Salme, one with the remains of seven persons found in autumn 2008, and another with 33 in 2010.[1]
As of 2021, the population of Salme was 421.[2]