Saare
Saaremaa Parish
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Aru

Aru is a village in , , in western . Before the administrative reform in 2017, the village was in .
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  • Type: Hamlet with 22 residents
  • Description: village in Saaremaa Rural Municipality, Saare County, Estonia
  • Also known as: “Aru Asundus”, “Aru, Saare County”, “Arumõisa”, and “Myza Arumyiza”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Angla windmill hill and Karja Church.

Museum
Photo: Kynnap, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a museum.

Church
Photo: MinuHiiumaa, CC BY-SA 3.0 ee.
is a medieval Lutheran church located in the village on island, . It is the rural church with the richest medieval stone sculpture decoration in all the . is situated 2½ km southeast of Aru.

Church
Photo: KarolinWiilukas, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is situated 3 km north of Aru.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Karja and Leisi Parish.

Hamlet
is a village in , in western . Before the administrative reform in 2017, the village was in . German philologist Kurt Treu was born in . is situated 3½ km south of Aru.

Village
Photo: Yksikuitaja, CC BY-SA 3.0 ee.
was a municipality in , . The parish did consist of one small borough Leisi and 53 villages. The municipality had a population of 2,137 and covered an area of 347.91 km². is situated 3½ km north of Aru.

Hamlet
is a village in , in western . Before the administrative reform in 2017, the village was in . is situated 4 km northwest of Aru.

Aru

Latitude
58.54108° or 58° 32′ 28″ north
Longitude
22.70072° or 22° 42′ 3″ east
Population
22
Elevation
9 metres (30 feet)
Open location code
9GC4GPR2+C7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1973425242
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
592389
Wiki­data ID
Q2016333
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Volapük—“Aru” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Առու”
  • Belarusian: “Ару (Саарэмаа)”
  • Belarusian: “Ару”
  • Chinese: “Aru”
  • Dutch: “Aru”
  • Estonian: “Aru küla”
  • Estonian: “Aru”
  • French: “Aru”
  • German: “Aru”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Aru”
  • Polish: “Aru”
  • Russian: “Ару”
  • Spanish: “Aru”
  • Volapük: “Aru”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Aru”. Photo: Appaches, CC BY-SA 4.0.