List of cities and towns in Estonia

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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 names, which were occasionally quite different from the ones used in the Estonian. 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 led 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).

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 'city' and 'town'. More than 70% of the country's population lives in the cities and towns.

List

List of cities and towns
Rank Town Town rights Population 2014 Population 2018 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
  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

  • 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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