Maardu
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Maardu | |
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 Panorama of Maardu, Port of Muuga in the background. The Iru Power Plant is in the foreground. | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Maardu Location in Estonia | |
| Coordinates: 59°28′41″N 25°00′58″E / 59.47806°N 25.01611°E | |
| Country |  Estonia |
| County |  Harju County |
| First mentioned | 1241 |
| Borough rights | 1951 |
| Town rights | 1980[2] |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Vladimir Arhipov (Estonian Centre Party) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 22.76 km2 (8.79 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 20 m (70 ft) |
| Population (2021) | |
| • Total | 16,170[1] |
| • Rank | 8th |
| Postal code | 74111 |
| ISO 3166 code | EE-446 |
| Website | www.maardu.ee |
Maardu (German: Maart) is a town and a municipality in Harju County, Estonia. It is part of Tallinn metropolitan area, located about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) east of the capital city.[2] The town covers an area of 22.76 km2 and has a population of 16,170 (as of 1 January 2021).[1]
The Port of Muuga, the largest cargo port in Estonia, is partly located in Maardu.[3]
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 the village of Maardu), 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.[4]
Maardu neighborhoods
[edit]Maardu may be divided into six parts:
- Kallavere (the centre of the city where most of the public institutions are located)
- Muuga Harbour
- Muuga aedlinn (former garden city, now a light residential suburb more connected to Tallinn than Kallavere)
- Kärmu (industrial area)
- Kroodi (industrial area)
- Lake Maardu
Demographics
[edit]| Ethnicity | 1959[5] | 1970[6] | 1979[7] | 1989[7] | 2000[8] | 2011[9] | 2021[10] | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| amount | % | amount | % | amount | % | amount | % | amount | % | amount | % | amount | % | |
| Estonians | 1475 | 34.9 | 2110 | 30.7 | 2167 | 21.7 | 2479 | 15.4 | 3331 | 19.9 | 4347 | 24.8 | 3746 | 23.2 |
| Russians | - | - | 3254 | 47.3 | 5656 | 56.7 | 10024 | 62.4 | 10331 | 61.7 | 10845 | 61.9 | 10037 | 62.1 |
| Ukrainians | - | - | 298 | 4.33 | 584 | 5.86 | 1269 | 7.91 | 1101 | 6.58 | 861 | 4.91 | 957 | 5.92 |
| Belarusians | - | - | 763 | 11.1 | 942 | 9.45 | 1281 | 7.98 | 949 | 5.67 | 660 | 3.77 | 536 | 3.31 |
| Finns | - | - | 144 | 2.09 | 139 | 1.39 | 133 | 0.83 | 144 | 0.86 | 88 | 0.50 | 62 | 0.38 |
| Jews | - | - | 19 | 0.28 | 28 | 0.28 | 24 | 0.15 | 19 | 0.11 | 20 | 0.11 | 13 | 0.08 |
| Latvians | - | - | 19 | 0.28 | 27 | 0.27 | 37 | 0.23 | 36 | 0.22 | 34 | 0.19 | 42 | 0.26 |
| Germans | - | - | - | - | 27 | 0.27 | 42 | 0.26 | 31 | 0.19 | 27 | 0.15 | 25 | 0.15 |
| Tatars | - | - | - | - | 169 | 1.70 | 267 | 1.66 | 245 | 1.46 | 168 | 0.96 | 156 | 0.96 |
| Poles | - | - | - | - | 73 | 0.73 | 86 | 0.54 | 93 | 0.56 | 86 | 0.49 | 85 | 0.53 |
| Lithuanians | - | - | 24 | 0.35 | 36 | 0.36 | 51 | 0.32 | 79 | 0.47 | 82 | 0.47 | 78 | 0.48 |
| unknown | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 93 | 0.56 | 14 | 0.08 | 80 | 0.49 |
| other | 2748 | 65.1 | 246 | 3.58 | 122 | 1.22 | 359 | 2.24 | 286 | 1.71 | 292 | 1.67 | 353 | 2.18 |
| Total | 4223 | 100 | 6877 | 100 | 9970 | 100 | 16052 | 100 | 16738 | 100 | 17524 | 100 | 16170 | 100 |
Religion in Maardu (2021) [1]
Gallery
[edit]
Maardu Archangel Michael Church
Maardu manor house
Apartment buildings at sunset
Soviet-era apartment buildings
Abandoned factory building in Maardu
Kroodi creek
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Jump up to: a b "Maardu linn, valik andmeid".
- ^ Jump up to: a b "About Maardu". Maardu Linnavalitsus. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
- ^ "Muuga Harbour". Port of Tallinn. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
- ^ Sakk, Ivar (2004). Estonian Manors - A Travelogue. Tallinn: Sakk & Sakk OÜ. p. 50. ISBN 9949-10-117-4.
- ^ Katus, Kalev; Puur, Allan; Põldma, Asta (2004). Rahvastiku ühtlusarvutatud sündmus- ja loendusstatistika: Harjumaa 1965-1990. Sari C. Tallinn: Eesti Kõrgkoolidevaheline Demouuringute Keskus. pp. 31–32. ISBN 978-9985-820-77-3.
- ^ Население районов, городов и поселков городского типа Эстонской ССР : по данным Всесоюзной переписи населения на 15 января 1970 года (in Russian). Tallinn: Eesti NSV Statistika Keskvalitsus. 1972. p. 75.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Eesti Vabariigi maakondade, linnade ja alevite rahvastik: 1989. a. rahvaloenduse andmed: statistikakogumik. 1. osa: Rahvaarv rahvuse, perekonnaseisu, hariduse ja elatusallikate järgi (in Estonian). Tallinn: Statistikaamet. 1990. pp. 27, 32. ISBN 978-9949-71-932-7.
- ^ "RL222: RAHVASTIK ELUKOHA JA RAHVUSE JÄRGI". Estonian Statistical Database (in Estonian).
- ^ "RL0429: RAHVASTIK RAHVUSE, SOO, VANUSERÜHMA JA ELUKOHA JÄRGI, 31. DETSEMBER 2011". Estonian Statistical Database (in Estonian).
- ^ "RL21429: RAHVASTIK RAHVUSE, SOO, VANUSERÜHMA JA ELUKOHA (HALDUSÜKSUS) JÄRGI, 31. DETSEMBER 2021". Estonian Statistical Database (in Estonian).
External links
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- Official website
(in Estonian) 
Maardu travel guide from Wikivoyage
