Pärnu (urban municipality)

Pärnu Estonian: Pärnu linn
Municipality of Estonia
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Pärnu in Estonia
Country	Estonia
County	Pärnu County
Administrative centre	Pärnu
Government
• Mayor	Romek Kosenkranius
Area
• Total	858 km^2 (331 sq mi)
Population  (1.01.2021)[1]
• Total	50,639
• Density	59/km^2 (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

town

• Pärnu

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

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

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Estonia

Pärnu is twinned with:^[3]

• 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

• 1886 Konstantin Possiet
• 1901 Friedrich Fromhold Martens
• 1934 Konstantin Päts
• 2007 Neeme Järvi
• 2008 Valter Ojakäär
• 2009 Jüri Jaanson^[4]

References

1. Population by sex, age and place of residence after the 2017 administrative reform, 1 January. Statistics Estonia.
2. "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.
3. "Sõpruslinnad" (in Estonian). Pärnu linn. Retrieved 2023-01-14.
4. Pärnu linn: Pärnu aukodanik Archived 2013-11-09 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Official website