page_title: Municipalities of Estonia
section_title: Saare County
hierarchical_section_title: Municipalities of Estonia / Saare County
caption_attribution_description: English: Map of the municipalities of Saare county in Estonia, 2017– Eesti: Saare maakonna omavalitsused (2017–)
context_page_description: A municipality is the smallest administrative subdivision of Estonia. Each municipality is a unit of self-government with its representative and executive bodies. The municipalities in Estonia cover the entire territory of the country.
  Municipalities in Estonia are of two types:
  Urban municipalities or towns
  Rural municipalities or parishes.
  There is no other status distinction between them.
  Municipalities may contain one or several settlements. All urban municipalities plus 6 rural municipalities contain only one settlement. Of the latter six, 5 are so-called "borough-parishes", consisting of one borough, while Ruhnu Parish consists of one village.
  Some municipalities are divided into districts. The 8 urban districts of Tallinn have limited self-government, while other urban districts are formed for administrative purposes. Some rural districts have limited self-government, while other types of rural districts do not.
  Municipalities range in population from Tallinn with 427,500 inhabitants to Ruhnu with 68.
context_section_description: 3 rural municipalities
  Rural municipalities:
  Muhu Parish
  Ruhnu Parish
  Saaremaa Parish (includes the town of Kuressaare)
caption: Municipalities of Saare County
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