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Kõrkküla, Lääne-Viru County
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Kõrkküla is a village in Viru-Nigula Parish, Lääne-Viru County in northeastern Estonia. It's located on the coast of the Gulf of Finland, by the Tallinn–Narva (Saint Petersburg) road (part of E20), just southeast of Aseri. Kõrkküla has a population of 40 (as of 10 January 2012). Kõrkküla was first mentioned in 1466. There is a limestone cross beside the road to memorialize a Russian boyar Vassili Rosladin, who was killed there in 1590.
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