Tootsi Explained

Tootsi
Settlement Type:Borough
Flag Size:85px
Pushpin Map:Estonia
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Estonia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Estonia
Subdivision Type1:County
Subdivision Name1: Pärnu County
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Subdivision Name2: Põhja-Pärnumaa Parish
Area Total Km2:1.76
Population Total:951
Population As Of:01.01.2009
Population Density Km2:auto
Website:www.tootsi.ee

Tootsi is a borough (Estonian: alev) in Põhja-Pärnumaa Parish, Pärnu County], in southwestern Estonia. Before the administrative reform in 2017, Tootsi had a municipality status of its own as Tootsi Parish (Estonian: Tootsi vald) within Pärnu County. It has the population of 951 (as of 1 January 2009) and an area of 1.76 km².[1]

Tootsi was founded in 1938, and in 1949 was granted borough rights.

Until December 2018 Tootsi had a station on the Tallinn - Pärnu railway line operated by Elron located in the neighbouring village of Elbi.

There is a museum dedicated to the peat industry in Tootsi.

Musician and playwright Ivar Põllu was born in Tootsi in 1974.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Population figure and composition. Statistics Estonia. 29 January 2010.