List of cities and towns in Estonia

The following is a list of the 47 cities and towns in Estonia. Before the Republic of Estonia became an independent nation in 1918, many of these locations were known in the rest of the world by their German language names which were occasionally quite different from the ones used in the Estonian language. During the 1944–1991 Soviet occupation of Estonia, placenames were transliterated into Russian (Cyrillic alphabet) in the Soviet central government's documents, which in turn lead to the use of several incorrect back-transliterations from Russian (Cyrillic) alphabet into English (and other Latin alphabets) in some English-language maps and texts during the second half of the 20th century (for example, incorrect Pyarnu, Vilyandi, Pylva, instead of the correct Pärnu, Viljandi, Põlva).

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Tallinn is the capital and the most populous city of Estonia. There are 46 other linn, i.e. cities and towns in Estonia (as of 2022). The Estonian word linn means both "a city" or "a town". More than 70% of the country's population lives in the cities and towns.

List

List of cities and towns[1]
Rank Town Town rights Population 2014[2] Population 2018[3] County (maakond)
1Tallinn1248411,063430,805Harju
2Tartu13th c.98,44993,715Tartu
3Narva134559,04956,103Ida-Viru
4Pärnu[lower-alpha 1]125140,00539,375Pärnu
5Kohtla-Järve194637,19834,394Ida-Viru
6Viljandi128317,60217,525Viljandi
7Rakvere130215,40015,413Lääne-Viru
8Maardu198017,31515,189Harju
9Kuressaare[lower-alpha 1]156313,15213,276Saare
10Sillamäe195714,12212,989Ida-Viru
11Valga[lower-alpha 1]158412,43712,334Valga
12Võru178412,57112,022Võru
13Jõhvi[lower-alpha 1]193810,52510,398Ida-Viru
14Haapsalu[lower-alpha 1]127910,3169,838Lääne
15Keila19389,7519,775Harju
16Paide[lower-alpha 1]12918,1628,078Järva
17Elva[lower-alpha 1]19385,6575,648Tartu
18Saue[lower-alpha 1]19935,6565,640Harju
19Põlva[lower-alpha 1]19935,6615,458Põlva
20Tapa[lower-alpha 1]19265,6935,428Lääne-Viru
21Jõgeva[lower-alpha 1]19385,4575,143Jõgeva
22Rapla[lower-alpha 1]19935,0545,132Rapla
23Kiviõli[lower-alpha 1]19465,6355,088Ida-Viru
24Türi[lower-alpha 1]19265,2155,064Järva
25Põltsamaa[lower-alpha 1]19264,1484,050Jõgeva
26Sindi[lower-alpha 1]19384,0893,838Pärnu
27Paldiski[lower-alpha 1]17834,1633,626Harju
28Kärdla[lower-alpha 1]19383,0173,287Hiiu
29Kunda[lower-alpha 1]19383,2673,034Lääne-Viru
30Tõrva[lower-alpha 1]19262,7162,740Valga
31Narva-Jõesuu[lower-alpha 1]19932,6552,644Ida-Viru
32Kehra[lower-alpha 1]19932,7922,641Harju
33Loksa19932,7032,568Harju
34Räpina[lower-alpha 1]19932,3632,173Põlva
35Otepää[lower-alpha 1]19361,8752,167Valga
36Tamsalu[lower-alpha 1]19962,1742,119Lääne-Viru
37Kilingi-Nõmme[lower-alpha 1]19381,7071,671Pärnu
38Karksi-Nuia[lower-alpha 1]19931,5151,554Viljandi
39Antsla[lower-alpha 1]19381,3621,311Võru
40Võhma[lower-alpha 1]19931,2821,282Viljandi
41Mustvee[lower-alpha 1]19381,3481,269Jõgeva
42Lihula[lower-alpha 1]19931,2521,214Lääne
43Suure-Jaani[lower-alpha 1]19381,0361,064Viljandi
44Abja-Paluoja[lower-alpha 1]19931,0631,057Viljandi
45Püssi[lower-alpha 1]19931,023917Ida-Viru
46Mõisaküla[lower-alpha 1]1938806748Viljandi
47Kallaste[lower-alpha 1]1938846743Tartu
  1. The town does not constitute its own municipality, but has become part of a larger municipality (either parish (vald) or city (linn)).

Former towns

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References

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