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.

Name

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

History

From 1971 to 1999, Võsu was a borough. From 1992 to 1999, it had the status of a municipality.