Populated places in Estonia

Populated places in Estonia

Populated places^[1] in Estonia are settlements or territorial units within a municipality. Populated places have no administrative functions. A group of populated places form a rural municipality with local administration. Most towns constitute separate urban municipalities, while some have joined with surrounding rural municipalities.

Officially there are four types of populated places in Estonia:

• city (est: linn)
• town (est: alev)
• small town (est: alevik)
• village (est: küla)

As of 1 November 2002, there are 47 cities, 9 towns, 173 small towns and 4,430 villages in Estonia.

See also

• Municipalities of Estonia
• List of cities and towns in Estonia
• Counties of Estonia

Notes

External links

• Place Names Board of Estonia
• Territory of Estonia Administrative Division Act

Estonia topics History Timeline Ancient Estonia Livonian Crusade Danish Estonia German Bishoprics Livonian Order Baltic Germans Livonian War Polish Livonia Swedish Estonia Great Northern War Russian Estonia Livonia Age of Awakening Declaration of Independence War of Independence Vaps Movement Era of Silence Occupation of Estonia World War II Forest Brothers Deportations Estonian SSR Singing Revolution Declaration of sovereignty Geography Climate Extreme points Fauna Islands Lakes Populated places Protected areas Rivers Towns Politics Administrative divisions Municipalities Constitution Elections Foreign relations Government exile Human rights LGBT LGBT history Law Law enforcement Military Political parties President Prime Minister Riigikogu (parliament) Supreme Court Economy Agriculture Central bank Energy Oil shale Stock exchange Taxation Telecommunications Transport Society Crime Demographics Education Estonians Estonian language Ethnic groups Healthcare Religion Culture Anthem Architecture Cinema Coat of arms Cuisine Estonian names Flags Folklore Internet Languages Literature Music Mythology Name Symbols Newspapers Public holidays Radio Sport Television Theatre Outline Index Book Category Portal WikiProject