List of cities and towns in Estonia

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

Narva

Kohtla-Järve

Pärnu

Viljandi

Rakvere

Maardu

This article is part of the Subdivisions of Estonia series

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List by population by area by density by wealth

Populated places

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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.

See also

• Populated places in Estonia
• Municipalities of Estonia
• Counties of Estonia

References

1. Population by sex, age and administrative unit or type of settlement, 1 January. Statistics Estonia.
2. Population by sex, age and place of residence after the 2017 administrative reform, 1 January. Statistics Estonia.
3. Eesti Linnade Liidu Liikmed Archived 2005-05-06 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Media related to Cities in Estonia at Wikimedia Commons
• Media related to Populated places in Estonia at Wikimedia Commons