Võsu

Võsu is a small borough () in Lääne-Viru County, in Haljala Parish, in Estonia. It was the administrative centre of Vihula Parish. As of the 2011 census, the settlement's population was 334.

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Settlement.name: Võsu
Settlement.settlement_type: Small borough
Settlement.image_skyline: Vosu Estonia centr.JPG
Settlement.image_caption: Street in Võsu
Settlement.pushpin_map: Estonia
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Estonia
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: County
Settlement.subdivision_name1: 24px Lääne-Viru County
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Haljala Parish

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Võsu is a small borough () in Lääne-Viru County, in Haljala Parish, in Estonia. It was the administrative centre of Vihula Parish. As of the 2011 census, the settlement's population was 334.

==Name== Võsu was attested in historical sources as Wöso in 1510, Wose in 1586, and Weso in 1726. The settlement was named after the (attested in 1534 as Fassenbek and Wesenbeck), the name of which is derived from the noun võsa 'brushwood, brush, scrub'.