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Kõrkküla
Village
Baltic Klint's Cambrian berm in Kõrkküla.
KõrkkülaLocation in Estonia
Coordinates: 59°25′45″N 26°56′11″E / 59.42917°N 26.93639°E / 59.42917; 26.93639
Country	Estonia
County	Lääne-Viru County
Municipality	Viru-Nigula Parish
First mentioned	1466
Population
• Total	40

Kõrkküla is a village in Viru-Nigula Parish, Lääne-Viru County in northeastern Estonia. It's located on the coast of the Gulf of Finland, by the Tallinn–Narva (Saint Petersburg) road (part of E20), just southeast of Aseri. Kõrkküla has a population of 40 (as of 10 January 2012).

Kõrkküla was first mentioned in 1466.

There is a limestone cross beside the road to memorialize a Russian boyar Vassili Rosladin, who was killed there in 1590.

References

1. ^ "Kõrkküla" (in Estonian). eestigiid.ee. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
2. ^ "Asukoht ja rahvastik" (in Estonian). Aseri vald. Archived from the original on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
3. Classification of Estonian administrative units and settlements 2014 (retrieved 28 July 2021)

v t e Settlements in Viru-Nigula Parish
Towns	Kunda
Small borough	Aseri Viru-Nigula
Villages	Aasukalda Aseriaru Iila Kabeli Kaliküla Kalvi Kanguristi Kestla Kiviküla Koila Koogu Kõrkküla Kõrtsialuse Kunda Kurna Kutsala Kuura Letipea Linnuse Mahu Malla Marinu - Metsavälja Nugeri Ojaküla Oru Paasküla Pada Pada-Aruküla Pärna Pikaristi Rannu Samma Selja Siberi Simunamäe Toomika Tüükri Unukse Varudi Vasta Villavere Võrkla

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