List of cities and towns in Estonia

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The following is a list of cities and towns in Estonia. Many of these locations have been known, specially before 1918, by their German or Russian names, occasionally quite different from the Estonian ones. After the annexation of Estonia by the Soviet Union in 1940, although only Estonian names were used in Russian, the use of Russian language sources meant that some incorrect back-transliterations were used (e.g., Vilyandi, Pylva rather the correct Viljandi, Põlva).

Tallinn

Tartu

Narva

Kohtla-Järve

Pärnu

Viljandi

Rakvere

Maardu

List

#	Town	City rights	Population 1979	Population 1989	Population 2000	Population 2010	County (Maakond)
1.	Tallinn	1248	441800	478974	400781	411980	Harju
2.	Tartu	13th century	104381	113420	101241	103284	Tartu
3.	Narva	1345	75909	81221	68812	65881	Ida-Viru
4.	Pärnu	1318	54051	52389	45591	44083	Pärnu
5.	Kohtla-Järve	1946	87472	62059	47797	37837	Ida-Viru
6.	Viljandi	1283	22368	23080	20800	19963	Viljandi
7.	Rakvere	1302	19011	19822	17120	16580	Lääne-Viru
8.	Maardu	1980	?	16052	16733	16529	Harju
9.	Sillamäe	1957	16157	20561	17232	16183	Ida-Viru
10.	Kuressaare	1563	14207	16166	14922	14977	Saare
11.	Võru	1784	16767	17496	14905	14376	Võru
12.	Valga	1584	18474	17722	14352	13692	Valga
13.	Haapsalu	1279	13035	14617	12058	11618	Lääne
14.	Jõhvi*	1938	?	15607	12153	11088	Ida-Viru
15.	Paide	1291	9641	10849	9647	9761	Järva
16.	Keila	1938	7194	10072	9409	9430	Harju
17.	Kiviõli	1946	11050	10390	7435	6606	Ida-Viru
18.	Tapa*	1926	10851	10439	6799	6371	Lääne-Viru
19.	Põlva*	1993	?	7038	6461	6554	Põlva
20.	Jõgeva	1938	5289	7035	6430	6322	Jõgeva
21.	Türi*	1926	6626	6862	6330	5972	Järva
22.	Elva	1938	6358	6325	6029	5762	Tartu
23.	Rapla*	1993	5599	6271	5774	5630	Rapla
24.	Saue	1993	?	4395	4959	5241	Harju
25.	Põltsamaa	1926	4893	5207	4858	4642	Jõgeva
26.	Paldiski	1783	7311	7690	4261	4125	Harju
27.	Sindi	1938	4428	4548	4186	3979	Pärnu
28.	Kunda	1938	4828	5037	3896	3669	Lääne-Viru
29.	Kärdla*	1938	3426	4139	3775	3634	Hiiu
30.	Loksa	1993	?	4315	3493	3403	Harju
31.	Tõrva	1926	3157	3546	3209	3099	Valga
32.	Kehra*	1993	3679	4053	3228	3098	Harju
33.	Räpina*	1993	3247	3488	2968	2852	Põlva
34.	Narva-Jõesuu	1993	3135	3754	2997	2602	Ida-Viru
35.	Tamsalu*	1993	?	2978	2615	2522	Lääne-Viru
36.	Kilingi-Nõmme*	1938	2507	2504	2226	2082	Pärnu
37.	Otepää*	1936	2289	2424	2219	2077	Valga
38.	Karksi-Nuia*	1993	?	?	1993	1942	Viljandi
39.	Püssi*	1993	1869	2532	1874	1802	Ida-Viru
40.	Mustvee	1938	?	1994	1756	1592	Jõgeva
41.	Võhma	1993	?	1983	1599	1493	Viljandi
42.	Lihula*	1993	1624	1872	1499	1404	Lääne
43.	Antsla*	1938	1952	1688	1552	1386	Võru
44.	Abja-Paluoja*	1993	?	?	1422	1317	Viljandi
45.	Suure-Jaani*	1938	1653	1503	1327	1223	Viljandi
46.	Kallaste	1938	?	1361	1219	1115	Tartu
47.	Mõisaküla	1938	?	1349	1169	1013	Viljandi

* the town does not constitute its own municipality, but has instead united with a parish. ^[1]

Former towns

• Ahtme, 1953–1960, 1993–1995, merged with Kohtla-Järve;
• Jaanilinn (Ivangorod), 1617-1649, merged with Narva, annexed by Russian SFSR in 1945.
• Mustla, 1938-1979, town rights revoked;
• Nõmme, 1926-1940, merged with Tallinn;
• Petseri (Pechory), 1776-onwards, annexed by 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

• "Population figure and composition". Statistics Estonia.

1. Eesti Linnade Liidu Liikmed

External links

• Media related to Cities in Estonia at Wikimedia Commons
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• Map of Estonia