Official Name: | Turvalepa |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Estonia |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Lääne County |
Subdivision Type2: | Parish |
Subdivision Name2: | Lääne-Nigula Parish |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Turvalepa is a village in Lääne-Nigula Parish, Lääne County, in western Estonia.[1]
Turvalepa was attested in historical sources as Türpleppe and Turpplepp in 1591, Turpeläp in 1598, Turpalep by in 1689, and Turbalep in 1798. The name is a compound of turba (genitive of turvas 'peat') + lõpp 'end'; that is, 'peat area'.[2] The nearby Turvalepa Bog has rich peat deposits.[3]