Municipalities o Estonie

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A Municipality (Estonie: omavalitsus) is the smawest admeenistrative subdiveesion o Estonie. Each municipality is a unit o sel-govrenment wi its representative an executive bodies. The municipalities in Estonie cover the entire territory o the kintra.

Municipalities in Estonie are o twa teepes: urban municipalities, or touns (Est.: linnad, sg. – linn) an landwart municipalities, or pairishes (Est.: vallad, sg. – vald). Thare is nae ither status distinction atween thaim.

Municipality mey contain ane or several populatit places. Some urban municipalities are dividit intae destricts (Est.: linnaosad, sg. – linnaosa) wi limitit sel-govrenment, e.g. Tallinn consists o 8 districts (Haabersti, Kesklinn, Kristiine, Lasnamäe, Mustamäe, Nõmme, Pirita, Põhja-Tallinn).

Municipalities range in population frae Tallinn wi 427,500 inhabitants tae Ruhnu wi 68.^[1] As ower twa-thirds o the municipalities hae a population o unner 3,000, mony o thaim hae foond it advantageous tae co-operate in providin services an carryin oot admeenistrative functions.

Syne October 2013 thare are total o 215 municipalities in Estonie, 30 o thaiem are urban an 185 are landwart. The municipalities are leetit belaw, bi coonty:

1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived frae the original on 19 Juin 2002. Retrieved 19 Juin 2002.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)