Official Name: | Vanaküla |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Estonia |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Lääne County |
Subdivision Type2: | Parish |
Subdivision Name2: | Lääne-Nigula Parish |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Vanaküla is a village in Lääne-Nigula Parish, Lääne County, in western Estonia.[1]
Vanaküla was attested in written sources as Alten dorff in 1687, Alte Dorff Lechtigal in 1726, and Wan̄akülla in 1798. The name literally means 'old village'. Semantically, it is paired with neighboring Uusküla (literally, 'new village') 1km (01miles) to the southeast.[2]