Pärnu (urban municipality)
Pärnu
Estonian: Pärnu linn | |
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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Location of Pärnu in Estonia | |
| Country |  Estonia |
| County |  Pärnu County |
| Administrative centre | Pärnu |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Romek Kosenkranius |
| Area | |
| • Total | 858 km2 (331 sq mi) |
| Population (1.01.2021)[1] | |
| • Total | 50,639 |
| • Density | 59/km2 (150/sq mi) |
| ISO 3166 code | EE-624 |
| Website | Official website  |
Pärnu (Estonian: Pärnu linn) is an urban municipality of Estonia, in Pärnu County. It comprises the town of Pärnu and settlements of former parishes of Audru, Paikuse and Tõstamaa.[2]
Settlements
[edit]- town
- boroughs
- Audru, Tõstamaa, Paikuse and Lavassaare
- villages
Ahaste, Alu, Aruvälja, Eassalu, Ermistu, Jõõpre, Kabriste, Kastna, Kavaru, Kihlepa, Kiraste, Kõima, Kõpu, Kärbu, Lao, Lemmetsa, Liiva, Lindi, Liu, Lõuka, Malda, Manija, Marksa, Männikuste, Oara, Papsaare, Peerni, Pootsi, Põhara, Põldeotsa, Põlendmaa, Päraküla, Rammuka, Ranniku, Ridalepa, Saari, Saulepa, Seliste, Seljametsa, Silla, Soeva, Soomra, Tammuru, Tuuraste, Tõhela, Tõlli, Valgeranna, Vaskrääma, Värati.
Administration
[edit]Local administration consists of the city council and the city government. City council elections take place every four years. The number of councillors depends on the population. The current number of councillors are 39.
Twin towns – sister cities
[edit]
Gran, Norway
Helsingborg, Sweden
Jelgava, Latvia
Ocean City, United States- Oskarshamn, Sweden
- Portsmouth, United States
Šiauliai, Lithuania
Siófok, Hungary- Södertälje, Sweden
Vaasa, Finland
Citizens of honour
[edit]- 1886 Konstantin Possiet
- 1901 Friedrich Fromhold Martens
- 1934 Konstantin Päts
- 2007 Neeme Järvi
- 2008 Valter Ojakäär
- 2009 Jüri Jaanson[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Population by sex, age and place of residence after the 2017 administrative reform, 1 January. Statistics Estonia.
- ^ "Audru valla, Paikuse valla, Pärnu linna ja Tõstamaa valla osas haldusterritoriaalse korralduse ja Vabariigi Valitsuse 3. aprilli 1995. a määruse nr 159 „Eesti territooriumi haldusüksuste nimistu kinnitamine" muutmine – Riigi Teataja". www.riigiteataja.ee. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- ^ "Sõpruslinnad" (in Estonian). Pärnu linn. Retrieved 2023-01-14.
- ^ Pärnu linn: Pärnu aukodanik Archived 2013-11-09 at the Wayback Machine
External links
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