Saare County

Saare County, in Estonian Saare maakond or Saaremaa, is one of the 15 counties of Estonia. It consists of Saaremaa, the largest island of Estonia, and several smaller islands near it, most notably Muhu, Ruhnu, Abruka and Vilsandi. The English Wikipedia article says the county borders Laane County to the east, Hiiu County to the north and Latvia to the south, and that in 2022 it had a population of 31,292, which was 2.4 percent of the population of Estonia. It is divided into three rural municipalities and has a mild maritime climate, with a mean annual air temperature of 7.0 to 7.7 degrees Celsius and mean annual precipitation of 509 millimetres. Most congregations belong to the Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church, and archaeological finds show the territory has been inhabited for at least five thousand years.