List of cities and towns in Estonia

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The following is a list of cities and towns in Estonia. There are 47 towns in Estonia, many of these locations were known by their German or Russian names before 1918, which were occasionally quite different from the ones used by Estonians. After the annexation of Estonia by the Soviet Union in 1940, the Estonian names were used in Russian, leading to the use of some incorrect back-transliterations in Russian (e.g., Vilyandi, Pylva rather the correct Viljandi, Põlva).

Tallinn
Tartu
Rakvere

List[]

# Town Town rights Population 2014[1] Population 2018[2] County (maakond)
1. Tallinn 1248 411,063 430,805 Harju
2. Tartu 13th c. 98,449 93,715 Tartu
3. Narva 1345 59,049 56,103 Ida-Viru
4. Pärnu* 1251 40,005 39,375 Pärnu
5. Kohtla-Järve 1946 37,198 34,394 Ida-Viru
6. Viljandi 1283 17,602 17,525 Viljandi
7. Rakvere 1302 15,400 15,413 Lääne-Viru
8. Maardu 1980 17,315 15,189 Harju
9. Kuressaare* 1563 13,152 13,276 Saare
10. Sillamäe 1957 14,122 12,989 Ida-Viru
11. Valga* 1584 12,437 12,334 Valga
12. Võru 1784 12,571 12,022 Võru
13. Jõhvi* 1938 10,525 10,398 Ida-Viru
14. Haapsalu* 1279 10,316 9,838 Lääne
15. Keila 1938 9,751 9,775 Harju
16. Paide* 1291 8,162 8,078 Järva
17. Elva* 1938 5,657 5,648 Tartu
18. Saue* 1993 5,656 5,640 Harju
19. Põlva* 1993 5,661 5,458 Põlva
20. Tapa* 1926 5,693 5,428 Lääne-Viru
21. Jõgeva* 1938 5,457 5,143 Jõgeva
22. Rapla* 1993 5,054 5,132 Rapla
23. Kiviõli* 1946 5,635 5,088 Ida-Viru
24. Türi* 1926 5,215 5,064 Järva
25. Põltsamaa* 1926 4,148 4,050 Jõgeva
26. Sindi* 1938 4,089 3,838 Pärnu
27. Paldiski* 1783 4,163 3,626 Harju
28. Kärdla* 1938 3,017 3,287 Hiiu
29. Kunda* 1938 3,267 3,034 Lääne-Viru
30. Tõrva* 1926 2,716 2,740 Valga
31. Narva-Jõesuu* 1993 2,655 2,644 Ida-Viru
32. Kehra* 1993 2,792 2,641 Harju
33. Loksa 1993 2,703 2,568 Harju
34. Räpina* 1993 2,363 2,173 Põlva
35. Otepää* 1936 1,875 2,167 Valga
36. Tamsalu* 1996 2,174 2,119 Lääne-Viru
37. Kilingi-Nõmme* 1938 1,707 1,671 Pärnu
38. Karksi-Nuia* 1993 1,515 1,554 Viljandi
39. Antsla* 1938 1,362 1,311 Võru
40. Võhma* 1993 1,282 1,282 Viljandi
41. Mustvee* 1938 1,348 1,269 Jõgeva
42. Lihula* 1993 1,252 1,214 Lääne
43. Suure-Jaani* 1938 1,036 1,064 Viljandi
44. Abja-Paluoja* 1993 1,063 1,057 Viljandi
45. Püssi* 1993 1,023 917 Ida-Viru
46. Mõisaküla* 1938 806 748 Viljandi
47. Kallaste* 1938 846 743 Tartu

* the town does not constitute its own municipality, but has become part of a larger municipality (either parish (vald) or city (linn)). [3]

Former towns[]

  • Ahtme, 1953–1960, 1993–1995, merged with Kohtla-Järve;
  • Jaanilinn (Ivangorod), 1617-1649, merged with Narva, annexed to the Russian SFSR in 1945.
  • Mustla, 1938-1979, town rights revoked;
  • Nõmme, 1926-1940, merged with Tallinn;
  • Petseri (Pechory), 1776-onwards, annexed to the Russian SFSR in 1945.
  • Toompea, 1248/1265/1288-1785, 1796-1878, merged with Tallinn;
  • Vana-Pärnu, 1251-1617, merged with Pärnu.

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