Official Name: | Dirhami |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Estonia |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Lääne County |
Subdivision Type2: | Parish |
Subdivision Name2: | Lääne-Nigula Parish |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 15 |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Dirhami (sv|Derhamn) is a village in Lääne-Nigula Parish, Lääne County, in western Estonia.[1] Before the administrative reform in 2017, the village was in Noarootsi Parish. Until World War II, it was mainly inhabited by Estonian Swedes.
Dirhami has a cargo and passenger port, a post office and the hydrology station of the Estonian Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology. There is also a bus stop located inside the village. Some remains of a stronghold built during Peter the Great's rule are still visible in the woods near the village.