Ruhnu
Sign in to saveRuhnu (; ; ) is an Estonian island in the Gulf of Riga in the Baltic Sea. Its territory of is administratively part of Saare maakond (county). Ruhnu lies geographically closer to the coast of Courland on the mainland of Latvia than it is to any point in the rest of Estonia. With less than 150 official residents, the Ruhnu vald (parish) has the smallest population of Estonia's 79 municipalities. Before 1944, it was for centuries populated by ethnic Swedes and traditional Swedish law was used.
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Ruhnu is a small Estonian island in the Gulf of Riga that is administratively part of Saare County, despite being geographically closer to Latvia than to mainland Estonia. With fewer than 150 residents, it is Estonia's least populous municipality and has a distinctive history as a historically Swedish-inhabited settlement that once operated under traditional Swedish law.
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Ruhnu
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Ruhnu Parish.svg
- Settlement.flag_size
- 125px
- Settlement.flag_border
- no
- Settlement.image_shield
- Ruhnu valla vapp.svg
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in the Baltic Sea region##Location in Estonia##Location in Europe
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Baltic Sea#Estonia#Europe
- Settlement.pushpin_relief
- yes
- Settlement.pushpin_label
- Ruhnu
- Settlement.shield_size
- 75px
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Estonia
Article
9 sectionsContents
- Important Bird Area
- Climate
- History
- Life on Ruhnu today
- Micronation
- Further reading
- See also
- References
- External links
Ruhnu (; ; ) is an Estonian island in the Gulf of Riga in the Baltic Sea. Its territory of is administratively part of Saare maakond (county). Ruhnu lies geographically closer to the coast of Courland on the mainland of Latvia than it is to any point in the rest of Estonia. With less than 150 official residents, the Ruhnu vald (parish) has the smallest population of Estonia's 79 municipalities. Before 1944, it was for centuries populated by ethnic Swedes and traditional Swedish law was used.
==Important Bird Area== The island has been designated an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports significant numbers of long-tailed ducks and velvet scoters, both wintering and on passage. ==Climate==