Võsu
Sign in to saveVõsu is a small borough () in Lääne-Viru County, in Haljala Parish, in Estonia. It was the administrative centre of Vihula Parish. As of the 2011 census, the settlement's population was 334.
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- Võsu
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- Small borough
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- Vosu Estonia centr.JPG
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- Street in Võsu
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- Estonia
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- bottom
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- Location in Estonia
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- Country
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- County
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- 24px Lääne-Viru County
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- Municipality
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- Haljala Parish
- Settlement.population_total
- 334
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2011 Census
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Võsu is a small borough () in Lääne-Viru County, in Haljala Parish, in Estonia. It was the administrative centre of Vihula Parish. As of the 2011 census, the settlement's population was 334.
==Name== Võsu was attested in historical sources as Wöso in 1510, Wose in 1586, and Weso in 1726. The settlement was named after the (attested in 1534 as Fassenbek and Wesenbeck), the name of which is derived from the noun võsa 'brushwood, brush, scrub'.