List of twin towns and sister cities in Estonia
This is a list of places in Estonia which have standing links to local communities in other countries known as "town twinning" (usually in Europe) or "sister cities" (usually in the rest of the world).
A
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Salo, Finland
- Uusikaupunki, Finland
E
[edit]- Salo, Finland
H
[edit]- Hankasalmi, Finland
Karmøy, Norway
Mjölby, Sweden
Salacgrīva (Limbaži), Latvia
Neukloster-Warin, Germany- Norrtälje, Sweden
- Pargas, Finland
- Virolahti, Finland
J
[edit]- Kokkola, Finland
Jonava, Lithuania- Kaarina, Finland
- Karlstad, Sweden
- Kaišiadorys, Lithuania
- Keuruu, Finland
Makariv Raion, Ukraine
Ungheni, Moldova
Valozhyn District, Belarus
K
[edit]- Janakkala, Finland
- Toivakka, Finland
- Kėdainiai, Lithuania
Kingiseppsky District, Russia- Korostyshiv, Ukraine
- Norderstedt, Germany
- Outokumpu, Finland
- Salihorsk, Belarus
- Slantsevsky District, Russia
- Staffanstorp, Sweden
- Veliky Novgorod, Russia
Wyszków, Poland
- Sipoo, Finland
M
[edit]- Białogard, Poland
Bijelo Polje, Montenegro- Chornomorsk, Ukraine
- Elektrėnai, Lithuania
- Frunzyenski (Minsk), Belarus
- Jēkabpils, Latvia
- Kalininsky (Saint Petersburg), Russia
- Khabarovsk, Russia
- Klaipėda District Municipality, Lithuania
- Krasnoarmeysky (Volgograd), Russia
- Myrhorod, Ukraine
- Myshkin, Russia
- Ostashkov, Russia
- Pikalyovo, Russia
Prince George, Canada
La Seyne-sur-Mer, France
Sihanoukville, Cambodia
Vanadzor, Armenia- Velikiye Luki, Russia
- Utajärvi, Finland
N
[edit]- Bălți, Moldova
- Barysaw, Belarus
Bel Air, United States- Donetsk, Ukraine
- Elbląg, Poland
Gorna Oryahovitsa, Bulgaria- Ivangorod, Russia
- Kanta-Häme, Finland
- Karlskoga, Sweden
- Kingiseppsky District, Russia
- Kirovsky (Saint Petersburg), Russia
Kobuleti, Georgia- Lahti, Finland
- Petrozavodsk, Russia
- South-Western AO (Moscow), Russia
- Viitasaari, Finland
O
[edit]- Ekerö, Sweden
- Ostrovsky District, Russia
- Tarp, Germany
- Toksovo, Russia
- Vihti, Finland
P
[edit]- Annaberg-Buchholz, Germany
Fredensborg, Denmark- Håbo, Sweden
- Hamina, Finland
Havířov, Czech Republic- Jämijärvi, Finland
- Mažeikiai, Lithuania
- Pereiaslav, Ukraine
- Saldus, Latvia
- Westminster, United States
- Gran, Norway
- Helsingborg, Sweden
- Jelgava, Latvia
- Ocean City, United States
- Oskarshamn, Sweden
- Portsmouth, United States
- Šiauliai, Lithuania
Siófok, Hungary- Södertälje, Sweden
- Vaasa, Finland
- Alajärvi, Finland
- Ostrów Mazowiecka (rural gmina), Poland
- Rundāle, Latvia
- Pakruojis, Lithuania
Uggiate-Trevano, Italy
- Kokemäki, Finland
- Mänttä-Vilppula, Finland
- Skrunda, Latvia
- Sollefteå, Sweden
Põlva is a member of the Charter of European Rural Communities, a town twinning association across the European Union.[30] Põlva also has three other twin towns.[31][32]
Charter of European Rural Communities
Bienvenida, Spain
Bièvre, Belgium- Bucine, Italy
Cashel, Ireland- Cissé, France
Desborough, England, United Kingdom
Esch (Haaren), Netherlands- Hepstedt, Germany
Ibănești, Romania- Kandava (Tukums), Latvia
- Kannus, Finland
Kolindros, Greece
Lassee, Austria
Medzev, Slovakia
Moravče, Slovenia- Næstved, Denmark
- Nagycenk, Hungary
Nadur, Malta- Ockelbo, Sweden
Pano Lefkara, Cyprus
Samuel (Soure), Portugal- Slivo Pole, Bulgaria
- Starý Poddvorov, Czech Republic
- Strzyżów, Poland
Tisno, Croatia
Troisvierges, Luxembourg- Žagarė (Joniškis), Lithuania
Other
- Balvi, Latvia
- Strugi Krasnye, Russia
- Ukmergė, Lithuania
R
[edit]- Cēsis, Latvia
- Lappeenranta, Finland
- Lapua, Finland
- Lütjenburg, Germany
- Sigtuna, Sweden
- Panevėžys, Lithuania
- Senaki, Georgia
- Szolnok, Hungary
- Vyshhorod, Ukraine
- Braslaw, Belarus
- Kaiserslautern (district), Germany
- Nurmijärvi, Finland
- Raseiniai, Lithuania
S
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- Inčukalns, Latvia
- Montemarciano, Italy
- Quincy-sous-Sénart, France
- Sollentuna, Sweden
- Brovary, Ukraine
- Bützow, Germany
- Havre de Grace, United States
- Mstsislaw, Belarus
- Nekrasovsky District, Russia
T
[edit]- Carcassonne, France
- Bærum, Norway
- Deventer, Netherlands
- Frederiksberg, Denmark
Hafnarfjörður, Iceland- Hämeenlinna, Finland
- Kaunas, Lithuania
- Lüneburg, Germany
- Riga, Latvia
- Salisbury, United States
- Tampere, Finland
- Turku, Finland
- Uppsala, Sweden
- Veszprém, Hungary
- Jyväskylä, Finland
Türi is a member of the Douzelage, a town twinning association of towns across the European Union.[47] Türi also has several other twin towns.[48]
Douzelage
- Agros, Cyprus
- Altea, Spain
- Asikkala, Finland
- Bad Kötzting, Germany
- Bellagio, Italy
- Bundoran, Ireland
- Chojna, Poland
- Granville, France
- Holstebro, Denmark
- Houffalize, Belgium
- Judenburg, Austria
- Kőszeg, Hungary
- Marsaskala, Malta
- Meerssen, Netherlands
- Niederanven, Luxembourg
- Oxelösund, Sweden
- Preveza, Greece
- Rokiškis, Lithuania
- Rovinj, Croatia
- Sesimbra, Portugal
- Sherborne, England, United Kingdom
- Sigulda, Latvia
- Siret, Romania
- Škofja Loka, Slovenia
- Sušice, Czech Republic
- Tryavna, Bulgaria
- Zvolen, Slovakia
Other
V
[edit]- Hausjärvi, Finland
- Sirdal, Norway
- Sonkajärvi, Finland
- Durbuy, Belgium
- Kobuleti, Georgia
- Kobylnica, Poland
- Kościelisko, Poland
- Marijampolė, Lithuania
- Oakland, United States
- Orimattila, Finland
- Östhammar, Sweden
- Tvrdošín, Slovakia
- Valka, Latvia
- Ahrensburg, Germany
- Cumberland, United States
- Eslöv, Sweden
- Frostburg, United States
- Härnösand, Sweden
- Kretinga, Lithuania
- Porvoo, Finland
- Telavi, Georgia
- Ternopil, Ukraine
- Valmiera, Latvia
- Ljusdal, Sweden
- Panevėžys District Municipality, Lithuania
- Tuusula, Finland
- Akmenė, Lithuania
- Dobele, Latvia
- Comrat, Moldova
- Criuleni District, Moldova
- Karvia, Finland
- Alūksne, Latvia
- Bad Segeberg, Germany
- Chambray-lès-Tours, France
- Härryda, Sweden
- Iisalmi, Finland
- Joniškis, Lithuania
- Kaniv, Ukraine
- Laitila, Finland
- Landskrona, Sweden
- Pechorsky District, Russia
- Smolyan, Bulgaria
- Suwałki, Poland
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