Tootsi | |
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![]() Former Tootsi peat factory | |
Coordinates: 58°35′10″N 24°47′8″E / 58.58611°N 24.78556°E | |
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Area | |
• Total | 1.76 km2 (0.68 sq mi) |
Population (01.01.2009) | |
• Total | 951 |
• Density | 540/km2 (1,400/sq mi) |
Website | www.tootsi.ee |
Tootsi is a borough (Estonian: alev) in Põhja-Pärnumaa Parish, Pärnu County], in southwestern Estonia. Before the administrative reform in 2017, Tootsi had a municipality status of its own as Tootsi Parish (Tootsi vald) within Pärnu County. It has the population of 951 (as of 1 January 2009) and an area of 1.76 km².[1]
Tootsi was founded in 1938, and in 1949 was granted borough rights.
Until December 2018 Tootsi had a station on the Tallinn - Pärnu railway line operated by Elron located in the neighbouring village of Elbi.
There is a museum dedicated to the peat industry in Tootsi.
Musician and playwright Ivar Põllu was born in Tootsi in 1974.