Tootsi

Tootsi
Borough
Former Tootsi peat factory
Flag Coat of arms
Tootsi Location in Estonia
Coordinates: 58°35′10″N 24°47′8″E / 58.58611°N 24.78556°E / 58.58611; 24.78556
Country	Estonia
County	Pärnu County
Municipality	Põhja-Pärnumaa Parish
Area
• Total	1.76 km2 (0.68 sq mi)
Population  (01.01.2009)
• Total	951
• Density	540/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
Website	www.tootsi.ee

Tootsi is a borough (Estonian: alev) in Põhja-Pärnumaa Parish, Pärnu County], in southwestern Estonia. Before the administrative reform in 2017, Tootsi had a municipality status of its own as Tootsi Parish (Tootsi vald) within Pärnu County. It has the population of 951 (as of 1 January 2009) and an area of 1.76 km².^[1]

Tootsi was founded in 1938, and in 1949 was granted borough rights.

Until December 2018 Tootsi had a station on the Tallinn - Pärnu railway line operated by Elron located in the neighbouring village of Elbi.

There is a museum dedicated to the peat industry in Tootsi.

Musician and playwright Ivar Põllu was born in Tootsi in 1974.