Turvalepa

Turvalepa is a village in Lääne-Nigula Parish, Lääne County, in western Estonia.

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Settlement.official_name: Turvalepa
Settlement.settlement_type: Village
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: County
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Lääne County
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Parish
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Lääne-Nigula Parish
Settlement.timezone: EET
Settlement.utc_offset: +2
Settlement.timezone_DST: EEST
Settlement.utc_offset_DST: +3

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Turvalepa is a village in Lääne-Nigula Parish, Lääne County, in western Estonia.

==Name== Turvalepa was attested in historical sources as Türpleppe and Turpplepp in 1591, Turpeläp in 1598, Turpalep by in 1689, and Turbalep in 1798. The name is a compound of turba (genitive of turvas 'peat') + lõpp 'end'; that is, 'peat area'. The nearby Turvalepa Bog has rich peat deposits.