Saarde is a municipality located in Pärnu County, one of the 15 counties of Estonia.
Contents
Settlements
Town
Kilingi-Nõmme
Small borough
Tihemetsa
Villages
Allikukivi - Ilvese - Jaamaküla - Jäärja - Kalda - Kalita - Kamali - Kanaküla - Kärsu - Kikepera - Kõveri - Lähkma - Laiksaare - Lanksaare - Leipste - Lodja - Marana - Marina - Metsaääre - Mustla - Oissaare - Pihke - Rabaküla - Reinse - Reinu - Ristiküla - Saarde - Saunametsa - Sigaste - Surju - Tali - Tuuliku - Tõlla - Väljaküla - Veelikse - Viisireiu
Religion
In terms of religion in the 2021 census of at least 15-years old residents 9.8% of the residents of the parish declared themselves Lutheran, 1.8% declared themselves Orthodox. The majority of residents of the parish, 84.4% declared themselves religiously unaffiliated. 0.8% of the population followed other religions, 3.2% did not specify their religious affiliation.
Notable people
Nikolai Talts (1890 Laiksaare Parish – 1949), lawyer and politician, Ministry of Regional Affairs and Agriculture, 1933–1938
Hendrik Toompere Sr. (1946, in Mustla – 2008), actor and director.
Kersti Kreismann (born 1947 in Tali), actress.
Ants Järvesaar (born 1948 in Surju Parish), farmer and politician, Mayor of Häädemeeste, 2013 to 2014.
Mart Opmann (born 1956 in Surju), politician, Minister of Finance, 1995–1999