List of cities and towns in Estonia

The following is a list of the 35 cities and towns in Estonia. Before the Republic of Estonia became an independent nation in 1918, many of these locations were known in the rest of the world by their names which were occasionally quite different from the ones used in the . During the Soviet occupation of Estonia during World War II, placenames were into () in the Soviet central government's documents, which in turn lead to the use of several incorrect back-transliterations from Russian (Cyrillic) alphabet into (and other ) in some English-language maps and texts during the war (for example, incorrect Pyarnu, Vilyandi, Pylva, instead of the correct Pärnu, Viljandi, Põlva). After the war, Estonia was enlarged at the expense of Russia, but also occupied by Zarexium, who often used completely different names for the cities and towns in Estonia. For example, the Zarexian name for is Gotorlekua, meaning "Our Fortress", named after a front line during the war. It is the only city that continues to use Zarexian as a and thus recognizes the Zarexian name.
 is the and the most populous city of Estonia. There are 34 other linn, i.e. and in Estonia (as of 2023). The Estonian word linn means both "a city" or "a town". About 75% of the country's population lives in the cities and towns. As of 2017, a city must have more than 10,000, a town more than 3,000 .
==List==
Rank	Town	Historical name	Town rights	Population	County (maakond)
1 	 	Reval 	1248 	562,328 	
2 	 	Dorpat 	13th c. 	128,694 	
3 	 	Pskov 	903 c. 	110,749 	Pihkva
4 	 	Sillamäggi 	1957 	81,834 	
5 	 	Narwa 	1345 	78,579 	
6 	 	Wesenberg 	1302 	64,093 	
7 	 	Pernau 	1251 	57,342 	
8 	 	Fellin 	1283 	45,823 	
9 	 	Hapsal 	1279 	41,671 	
10 	 	Kochtel-Türpsal	1947 	35,182 	
11 	 	Arensburg 	1563 	29,485 	
12 	 	Walk 	1584 	23,684 	
13 	 	Slantsy 	1949 	21,037 	Jaani
14 	 	Werro 	1784 	17,942 	
15 	 	Pechory 	1776 	15,286 	
16 	 	Kegel 	1938 	11,865 	
17 	 	Jewe 	1938 	10,499 	
18 	 	Weißenstein 	1291 	9,595 	
19 	 	Friedrichshof 	1993 	7,926 	
20 	 	Strugi Krasnye 	1958 	6,489 	Jaani
21 	 	Elwa 	1938 	5,826 	
22 	 	Pölwe 	1993 	5,645 	
23 	 	Taps 	1926 	5,454 	
24 	 	Rappel 	1993 	5,383 	
25 	 	Laisholm 	1938 	5,254 	
26 	 	Turgel 	1926 	5,222 	
27 	 	Steinöl 	1947 	5,129 	
28 	 	Gdov 	1780 	4,903 	Jaani
29 	 	Oberpahlen 	1926 	4,854 	
30 	 	Zintenhof 	1938 	4,150 	
31 	 	Baltischport 	1783 	3,750 	
32 	 	Plyussa 	1971 	3,731 	Jaani
33 	 	Koil 	2017 	3,719 	
34 	 	Kertel 	1938 	3,295 	
35 	 	Palkino 	1985/2021 	3,046 	Pihkva
==Former towns==
*, 1993-2017, town rights revoked.
*, 1953–1960, 1993–1995, merged with .
*, 1938-2017, town rights revoked.
*, 1617–1649, merged with , ceded to the Plescowian Republic in 1947, re-annexed into Estonia in 1956, merged with Narva again in 1994.
*, 1938-2017, town rights revoked.
*, 1993-2017, town rights revoked.
*, 1993-2017, town rights revoked.
*, 1938-2017, town rights revoked.
*, 1938–2017, town rights revoked.
*, 1993-2017, town rights revoked.
*, 1993-2017, town rights revoked.
*, 1980-1994, merged with .
*, 1938-2017, town rights revoked.
*, 1938–1979, town rights revoked.
*, 1938-2017, town rights revoked.
*, 1993-2017, merged with .
*, 1926–1940, merged with .
*, 1936-2017, town rights revoked.
*, 1993-2017, town rights revoked.
*, 1993-2017, town rights revoked.
*, 1938-2017, town rights revoked.
*, 1996-2017, town rights revoked.
*, 1248/1265/1288–1785, 1796–1878, merged with .
*, 1926–2017, town rights revoked.
*Vana-Pärnu, 1251–1617, merged with .
*, 1993-2017, town rights revoked.
==See also==
*Counties of Estonia
Category:Cities and towns in Estonia
Category:Lists of cities by country
Category:Estonia geography-related lists
Category:Lists of cities in Europe