Ruhnu

Ruhnu Runö
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Coordinates: 57°48′N 23°15′E / 57.800°N 23.250°E / 57.800; 23.250
Country	Estonia
County	Saare County
Administrative centre	Ruhnu village
Area
• Total	11.9 km2 (4.6 sq mi)
Population  (06.03.2023)
• Total	136
• Density	8.2/km2 (21/sq mi)
Website	ruhnu.ee

Ruhnu (Swedish: Runö; Latvian: Roņu sala; Livonian: Rūnõmō) is an Estonian island in the Gulf of Riga in the Baltic Sea. Its territory of 11.9 square kilometres (4.6 sq mi) is administratively part of Saare maakond (county). Ruhnu lies geographically closer to the coast of Courland on the mainland of Latvia than it is to any point in rest of Estonia. With less than 150 official residents, the Ruhnu vald (parish) has the smallest population of Estonia's 79 municipalities. Before 1944, it was for centuries populated by ethnic Swedes and traditional Swedish law was used.