Maardu

Maardu is a town and a municipality in Harju County, Estonia. It is part of Tallinn metropolitan area. The town covers an area of 22.76 km² and has a population of 15,332 (as of 1 January 2019).[1]

This article is about the town. For village in Jõelähtme Parish, see Maardu village.
Maardu
Town
Panorama of Maardu, Port of Muuga in the background. The Iru Power Plant is in the foreground.
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Maardu
Location in Estonia
Coordinates: 59°28′41″N 25°00′58″E
Country Estonia
County Harju County
First mentioned1241
Borough rights1951
Town rights1980
Government
 • MayorVladimir Arhipov (Estonian Centre Party)
Area
 • Total22.76 km2 (8.79 sq mi)
Elevation
20 m (70 ft)
Population
 (2019)
 • Total15,332[1]
 • Rank8th
Postal code
74111
ISO 3166 codeEE-446
Websitewww.maardu.ee

The Port of Muuga, the largest cargo port in Estonia, is partly located in Maardu.

According to the 2000 Census, the population was 16,738. 61.7% were Russians, 19.9% Estonians, 6.6% Ukrainians, 5.7% Belarusians, 1.5% Tatars, 0.9% Finns, 0.6% Poles, 0.5% Lithuanians, 0.2% Latvians, 0.2% Germans and 0.1% Jews and 1 Cuban. The proportion of Estonians was one of the lowest (if not the lowest) in Central and Western Estonia.

Outside the town (in Maardu village), south of the road to Narva lies Maardu manor, one of the oldest preserved baroque manor houses in Estonia. It traces its origins to 1389, but the current building dates from the 1660s with additions made in the 19th century. The landlord of the manor Herman Jensen Bohn in 1739 funded the printing of the first bible printed in Estonian.[2]

Maardu neighborhoods

Maardu may be divided into four parts:

  • Kallavere (the centre of the city where most of the public institutions are located)
  • Muuga aedlinn (former garden city, now a light residential suburb more connected to Tallinn than Kallavere)
  • Kärmu (industrial area)
  • Kroodi (industrial area)

See also

References
  1. "Maardu linn, valik andmeid".
  2. Sakk, Ivar (2004). Estonian Manors - A Travelogue. Tallinn: Sakk & Sakk OÜ. p. 50. ISBN 9949-10-117-4.
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