List of cities and towns in Estonia

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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

List

#	Town	City rights	Population 2014	Population 2018	County (Maakond)
1.	Tallinn	1248	429,829	449,160	Harju
2.	Tartu	13th century	97,843	96,904	Tartu
3.	Narva	1345	62,068	57,130	Ida-Viru
4.	Pärnu*	1251	41,523	51,739	Pärnu
5.	Kohtla-Järve	1946	38,197	36,106	Ida-Viru
6.	Viljandi	1283	18,490	17,958	Viljandi
7.	Rakvere	1302	16,338	15,737	Lääne-Viru
8.	Maardu	1980	15,945	15,596	Harju
9.	Sillamäe	1957	14,586	13,666	Ida-Viru
10.	Kuressaare*	1563	14,071	13,635	Saare
11.	Valga*	1584	13,427	12,992	Valga
12.	Võru	1784	13,171	12,367	Võru
13.	Haapsalu*	1279	10,811	10,236	Lääne
14.	Jõhvi*	1938	12,354	10,051	Ida-Viru
15.	Keila	1938	9,747	9,861	Harju
16.	Põlva*	1993	10,005	9,543	Põlva
17.	Rapla*	1993	9,473	9,239	Rapla
18.	Türi*	1926	9,800	9,234	Järva
19.	Paide*	1291	8,547	8,348	Järva
20.	Tapa*	1926	8,085	7,612	Lääne-Viru
21.	Saue*	1993	5,924	5,810	Harju
22.	Elva*	1938	5,807	5,741	Tartu
23.	Kehra*	1993	5,752	5,624	Harju
24.	Kiviõli*	1946	5,814	5,347	Ida-Viru
25.	Jõgeva*	1938	5,553	5,305	Jõgeva
26.	Räpina*	1993	5,095	4,696	Põlva
27.	Kärdla*	1938	4,835	4,623	Hiiu
28.	Põltsamaa*	1926	4,380	4,163	Jõgeva
29.	Otepää*	1936	4,051	3,935	Valga
30.	Kilingi-Nõmme*	1938	4,188	3,908	Pärnu
31.	Sindi*	1938	4,138	3,906	Pärnu
32.	Paldiski*	1783	4,067	3,806	Harju
33.	Tamsalu*	1993	3,991	3,769	Lääne-Viru
34.	Antsla*	1938	3,517	3,376	Võru
35.	Karksi-Nuia*	1993	3,507	3,347	Viljandi
36.	Kunda*	1938	3,360	3,125	Lääne-Viru
37.	Püssi*	1993	3,232	2,945	Ida-Viru
38.	Narva-Jõesuu*	1993	2,902	2,870	Ida-Viru
39.	Tõrva*	1926	2,913	2,848	Valga
40.	Loksa	1993	2,809	2,738	Harju
41.	Lihula*	1993	2,430	2,262	Lääne
42.	Abja-Paluoja*	1993	2,295	2,173	Viljandi
43.	Võhma*	1993	1,391	1,332	Viljandi
44.	Mustvee*	1938	1,449	1,319	Jõgeva
45.	Suure-Jaani*	1938	1,143	1,059	Viljandi
46.	Kallaste*	1938	952	844	Tartu
47.	Mõisaküla*	1938	864	784	Viljandi

* the town does not constitute its own municipality, but has become part of a larger municipality (whether 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.

See also

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

References

• "Eesti elanike arv KOV" (PDF). Interior ministry.

External links

• Media related to Cities in Estonia at Wikimedia Commons
• Media related to Populated places in Estonia at Wikimedia Commons
• Map of Estonia at archive.today (archived 2012-12-09)