Saaremaa Parish

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Saaremaa Municipality Saaremaa vald
Municipality of Estonia
Kuressaare town and harbour
Flag Coat of arms
Saaremaa Parish
Country	Estonia
County	Saare
Administrative center	Kuressaare
Government
• Mayor	Mikk Tuisk
Area
• Total	2,718 km2 (1,049 sq mi)
Population  (2024)
• Total	30 304
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
ISO 3166 code	EE-714
Website	www.saaremaavald.ee

Saaremaa Parish, also known as Saaremaa Municipality (Estonian: Saaremaa vald), is a municipality in Saare County in western Estonia. It is the largest municipality by land area and largest rural municipality – or parish – by population in Estonia. The administrative centre of the municipality is its only town Kuressaare.

It is one of three parishes comprising the county, along with Muhu and Ruhnu Parish. It was formed following the 2017 Estonian municipal reform on 21 October 2017 on the basis of all twelve former Saaremaa municipalities: Kuressaare town and Kihelkonna, Laimjala, Leisi, Lääne-Saare, Mustjala, Orissaare, Pihtla, Pöide, Salme, Torgu and Valjala parishes.^[1][2]