Kunda, Estonia
Kunda | |
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Town and municipality | |
 Kunda cement factory | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
| Country |  Estonia |
| County |  Lääne-Viru County |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Kaido Veski (Reform Party) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 9.85 km2 (3.80 sq mi) |
| Population (2005) | |
| • Total | 3,996 |
| • Density | 410/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Website | www.kunda.ee |
Kunda is a town (founded May 1, 1938) in Estonia, located on the coast of the Gulf of Finland. There is a pulp mill (AS Estonian Cell), a cement factory and a port. Its population is ca. 4000.
Evidence of some of the oldest prehistoric communities in Estonia, hunting and fishing communities that existed around 6500 BC, were found near Kunda. This settlement gave the name to the Kunda culture.
The Rutja Airfield facility 13 kilometres (8.1 miles) west of Kunda has served Soviet and Estonian defense interests.
International relations
Twin towns — Sister cities
Kunda is twinned with:
Climate
| Climate data for Kunda, Estonia (1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 9.6 (49.3) |
11.1 (52.0) |
15.8 (60.4) |
27.6 (81.7) |
29.7 (85.5) |
30.1 (86.2) |
33.4 (92.1) |
34.4 (93.9) |
29.0 (84.2) |
21.2 (70.2) |
11.7 (53.1) |
11.4 (52.5) |
34.4 (93.9) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −1.4 (29.5) |
−1.8 (28.8) |
2.1 (35.8) |
8.6 (47.5) |
14.7 (58.5) |
18.4 (65.1) |
21.5 (70.7) |
20.3 (68.5) |
15.2 (59.4) |
9.6 (49.3) |
3.3 (37.9) |
0.1 (32.2) |
9.2 (48.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −3.8 (25.2) |
−4.8 (23.4) |
−1.3 (29.7) |
4.1 (39.4) |
9.6 (49.3) |
14.0 (57.2) |
17.1 (62.8) |
15.9 (60.6) |
11.3 (52.3) |
6.6 (43.9) |
1.2 (34.2) |
−2.2 (28.0) |
5.7 (42.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −6.4 (20.5) |
−7.8 (18.0) |
−4.5 (23.9) |
0.4 (32.7) |
5.0 (41.0) |
9.6 (49.3) |
12.6 (54.7) |
11.8 (53.2) |
7.8 (46.0) |
3.8 (38.8) |
−1 (30) |
−4.5 (23.9) |
2.2 (36.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −32.7 (−26.9) |
−33 (−27) |
−24.4 (−11.9) |
−13 (9) |
−5.2 (22.6) |
−0.2 (31.6) |
2.9 (37.2) |
2.7 (36.9) |
−3.4 (25.9) |
−9.8 (14.4) |
−19.7 (−3.5) |
−24 (−11) |
−33 (−27) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 39 (1.5) |
26 (1.0) |
28 (1.1) |
25 (1.0) |
39 (1.5) |
71 (2.8) |
67 (2.6) |
82 (3.2) |
60 (2.4) |
62 (2.4) |
50 (2.0) |
38 (1.5) |
587 (23.1) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 86 | 85 | 81 | 76 | 73 | 76 | 78 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 86 | 86 | 81 |
| Source: Estonian Weather Service[2][3][4] | |||||||||||||
Notable residents
- Argo Aadli (born 1980), theatre and film actor
- Armin Öpik (1898–1983), paleontologist
- Ernst Öpik (1893–1985), astronomer and astrophysicist
- Jüri Parijõgi (1892–1941), writer and scholar
- Knudåge Riisager (1897-1974), composer, son of expatriate Danish parents (his father running the cement factory), spent his first 3 years in Kunda.
Gallery
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Apartment buildings in Kunda. -
Ruins of old cement factory. -
Pulp mill. -
Kunda hydroelectric power station
References
- ^ P.C., Net. "Gdynia - International Gdynia - International co-operation of Gdynia". www.gdynia.pl.
- ^ "Climate normals-Temperature". Estonian Weather Service. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
- ^ "Climate normals-Precipitation". Estonian Weather Service. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
- ^ "Climate normals-Humidity". Estonian Weather Service. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
External links
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