Põhja-Pärnumaa Parish (Estonian: Põhja-Pärnumaa vald) is a rural municipality in Pärnu County.
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Settlements
Beside the boroughs of Pärnu-Jaagupi, Tootsi and Vändra, there are 86 villages: Aasa, Allikõnnu, Altküla, Aluste, Anelema, Arase, Eametsa, Eense
, Eerma, Enge, Ertsma
, Halinga, Helenurme, Kaansoo, Kablima
, Kadjaste, Kaelase, Kaisma, Kalmaru, Kangru
, Kergu, Kirikumõisa
, Kobra
, Kodesmaa, Kõnnu
, Kose
, Kullimaa
, Kuninga
, Kurgja, Langerma
, Leetva, Lehtmetsa
, Lehu, Libatse, Loomse, Luuri, Lüüste, Mädara, Mäeküla, Maima, Massu, Metsavere, Metsaküla
, Mõisaküla, Mustaru, Naartse, Oese, Oriküla, Pallika
, Pärnjõe, Pereküla, Pitsalu, Pööravere
, Rae, Rahkama, Rahnoja
, Rätsepa, Reinumurru, Roodi
, Rõusa, Rukkiküla, Säästla, Salu
, Samliku, Sepaküla
, Sikana, Sohlu, Sõõrike, Soosalu
, Suurejõe, Tagassaare, Tarva, Tõrdu, Tühjasma, Ünnaste, Vahenurme, Vakalepa, Vaki
, Valistre, Vee, Venekuusiku, Veskisoo, Vihtra
, Viluvere, Võidula and Võiera.
Religion
In terms of religion in the 2021 census, 7.2% of the residents of Põhja-Pärnumaa Parish declared themselves Lutheran, 2.6% declared themselves Orthodox, 0.3% other Christians. 88.1% declared of the residents of the municipality themselves religiously unaffiliated. 1.1 % of the population followed other religions or did not specify their religious affiliation.
Notable people
Friedrich Schmidt (1832 in Kaisma - 1908), a Baltic German geologist and botanist, discovered Sakhalin Fir in 1866
Aleksander Paulus (1872 in Põhja-Pärnumaa Parish – 1953), Orthodox clergyman, Archbishop of Tallinn, 1920 to 1923, and politician.
Artur Lossmann (1877 in Vana-Vändra Parish – 1972), a Major-General, and prominent military medicine specialist
Hermann von Keyserling (1880 in Kõnnu – 1946), a Baltic German philosopher from the Keyserlingk family.
Juhan Narma (1888 in Aluste 1942), politician, Minister of Finance, 1940
Ado Rõõmussaar (1891 in Uue-Vändra Parish – 1970), politician, Mayor of Uue-Vändra Parish, 1917 to 1920, and 1930 to 1931
Avdy Andresson (1899 in Viluvere – 1990), Minister of War in exile, 1973 to 1990
Herta Elviste (1923 in Pärnu-Jaagupi – 2015), stage, film and TV actress and assistant theatre director
Volli Kalm (1953 in Aluste – 2017), geologist and the rector of the University of Tartu, 2012 to 2017.
Urmas Arumäe (born 1957 in Tootsi), attorney, associate professor, Estonian Business School, and Minister of Justice in 1994
Mart Toome (born 1980 in Enge), stage, TV, and film actor.
Berle Brant (born 1989 in Halinga), footballer who has played 25 games for Estonia women's national football team