Esiküla
Sign in to saveEsiküla is a village in Hiiumaa Parish, Hiiu County in northwestern Estonia. The village is located on Kassari Island.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Esiküla
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Estonia
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Hiiu County
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Parish
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Hiiumaa Parish
- Settlement.timezone
- EET
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +2
- Settlement.timezone_DST
- EEST
- Settlement.utc_offset_DST
- +3
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- Estonia
- Located in
- Hiiumaa Rural Municipality
- Population
- 83
- Area
- 8.0
- Image
- Esiküla OlariPilnik-3.jpg
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Esiküla is a village in Hiiumaa Parish, Hiiu County in northwestern Estonia. The village is located on Kassari Island.
==Name== Esiküla was attested in historical sources as Kassarske Förbyn ell. Eszekülla in 1688 and as Essi in 1798. The name literally means 'front village', semantically contrasting with nearby Taguküla (literally, 'back village'), referring to their relative positions.
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