Lääne County
Lääne County
Läänemaa | |
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Coat of arms | |
| Country | Estonia |
| Capital | Haapsalu |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,383 km2 (920 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 20,227 |
| • Rank | 14th |
| • Density | 10.3/km2 (27/sq mi) |
| Ethnicity | |
| • Estonians | 89.3% |
| • Russians | 7.4% |
| • other | 3.3% |
| GDP | |
| • Total | €320 million (2022) |
| • Per capita | €15,658 (2022) |
| ISO 3166 code | EE-56 |
| Vehicle registration | S |
Lääne County (Estonian: Lääne maakond or Läänemaa, literally "Western land"; German: Wiek; Latin: Rotalia) is one of the 15 counties of Estonia. It is located in western Estonia and borders the Baltic Sea to the north, Harju County to the northeast, Rapla County to the east, Pärnu County to the south, and the island counties of Saare and Hiiu to the west. In January 2009, Lääne County had a population of 23,810 – constituting 2.0% of the total population in Estonia.