Tamsalu
Tamsalu | |
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 Tamsalu train station | |
  Tamsalu Location in Estonia | |
| Coordinates: 59°9′32.4″N 26°6′28.8″E / 59.159000°N 26.108000°E | |
| Country |  Estonia |
| County |  Lääne-Viru County |
| Municipality |  Tapa Parish |
| Town status | 22 October 1996 |
| Population (31.12.2021)[1] | |
| • Total | 2,415 |
| • Rank | 36th |
| Ethnicity (2021) | |
| • estonians | 82.4% |
| • russians | 12.6% |
| • other | 5.0% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Tamsalu is a town in Tapa Parish, Lääne-Viru County, Estonia.
The town has a station on the Tallinn-Tartu railway.
As of December 31, 2021, the town had a population of 2415.
History
[edit]The settlement was first mentioned in 1512, but remained an insignificant village until 1876, when the Tallinn-Tartu railway was built. The settlement became a town in 1996. Before the administrative reform in 2017, the town was the administrative center of the former Tamsalu Parish.
Demographics
[edit]| Ethnicity | 1934[2][note 1] | 1959[3] | 1970[4] | 1979[5] | 1989[5] | 2000[6] | 2011[7] | 2021[1] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| amount | % | amount | % | amount | % | amount | % | amount | % | amount | % | amount | % | amount | % | |
| Estonians | 468 | 93.6 | 1355 | 86.6 | 1935 | 85.8 | 2056 | 76.9 | 2143 | 72.0 | 2078 | 79.5 | 1850 | 82.7 | 1991 | 82.4 |
| Russians | 28 | 5.60 | - | - | 172 | 7.62 | 356 | 13.3 | 523 | 17.6 | 320 | 12.2 | 264 | 11.8 | 303 | 12.5 |
| Ukrainians | - | - | - | - | 23 | 1.02 | 55 | 2.06 | 125 | 4.20 | - | - | 33 | 1.48 | 43 | 1.78 |
| Belarusians | - | - | - | - | 8 | 0.35 | 41 | 1.53 | 38 | 1.28 | - | - | 30 | 1.34 | 22 | 0.91 |
| Finns | - | - | - | - | 82 | 3.63 | 98 | 3.67 | 73 | 2.45 | - | - | 21 | 0.94 | 21 | 0.87 |
| Jews | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0.04 | 1 | 0.04 | 3 | 0.10 | - | - | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Latvians | 2 | 0.40 | - | - | 7 | 0.31 | 10 | 0.37 | 2 | 0.07 | - | - | 3 | 0.13 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Germans | 1 | 0.20 | - | - | - | - | 29 | 1.08 | 9 | 0.30 | - | - | 5 | 0.22 | 4 | 0.17 |
| Tatars | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0.04 | 4 | 0.13 | - | - | 1 | 0.04 | 3 | 0.12 |
| Poles | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 0.22 | 4 | 0.13 | - | - | 2 | 0.09 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Lithuanians | - | - | - | - | 8 | 0.35 | 9 | 0.34 | 13 | 0.44 | - | - | 8 | 0.36 | 5 | 0.21 |
| unknown | 1 | 0.20 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 8 | 0.31 | 1 | 0.04 | 5 | 0.21 |
| other | 0 | 0.00 | 209 | 13.4 | 20 | 0.89 | 11 | 0.41 | 41 | 1.38 | 208 | 7.96 | 18 | 0.81 | 18 | 0.75 |
| Total | 500 | 100 | 1564 | 100 | 2256 | 100 | 2673 | 100 | 2978 | 100 | 2614 | 100 | 2236 | 100 | 2415 | 100 |
Notable people
[edit]- Marko Pomerants, former Estonian Minister of Social Affairs (April 10, 2003 – April 13, 2005), former Estonian Minister of the Interior (July 3, 2009 – April 5, 2011), former Estonian Minister of the Environment (April 9, 2015 – June 12, 2017), Member of the Estonian Parliament.
Gallery
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Tamsalu church -
Tamsalu House of Culture -
References
[edit]- ^ Jump up to: a b c "RL21429: RAHVASTIK RAHVUSE, SOO, VANUSERÜHMA JA ELUKOHA (HALDUSÜKSUS) JÄRGI, 31. DETSEMBER 2021". Estonian Statistical Database (in Estonian).
- ^ Valdade rahvastik. 1. III 1934 rahvaloenduse andmed. Vihk I. II rahvaloendus Eestis (in Estonian and French). Tallinn: Riigi Statistika Keskbüroo. 1934. p. 37. hdl:10062/4438.
- ^ Katus, Kalev; Puur, Allan; Põldma, Asta; Sakkeus, Luule (1996). Rahvastiku ühtlusarvutatud sündmus- ja loendusstatistika: Järvamaa 1965-1990. Sari C (in Estonian and English). Tallinn: Eesti Kõrgkoolidevaheline Demouuringute Keskus. pp. 31–32. ISBN 9985-820-22-3.
- ^ 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. 78.
- ^ 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. Tallinn: Statistikaamet. 1990. pp. 30, 35. ISBN 978-9949-71-932-7.
- ^ 2000. aasta rahva ja eluruumide loendus (PDF) (in Estonian). Tallinn: Statistikaamet. 2001. p. 81. ISBN 9985-74-167-6.
- ^ "RL0429: RAHVASTIK RAHVUSE, SOO, VANUSERÜHMA JA ELUKOHA JÄRGI, 31. DETSEMBER 2011". Estonian Statistical Database (in Estonian).
Notes
[edit]- ^ Tamsalu was split between Einmani and Nõmküla Parishes, relevant figures have been summed for convenience
External links
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Media related to Tamsalu at Wikimedia Commons
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