Tartu County
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Tartu County
Tartumaa | |
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Country | Estonia |
Capital | Tartu |
Government | |
• Governor | Reno Laidre (as of 29 February 2016) |
Area | |
• Total | 2,992.75 km2 (1,155.51 sq mi) |
Population (2022[1]) | |
• Total | 157,758 |
• Rank | 2nd |
• Density | 53/km2 (140/sq mi) |
Ethnicity | |
• Estonians | 84.4% |
• Russians | 10.1% |
• other | 2.9% |
GDP | |
• Total | €4.186 billion (2022) |
• Per capita | €26,151 (2022) |
ISO 3166 code | EE-79 |
Vehicle registration | T |
Website | www |
Tartu County (Estonian: Tartu maakond or Tartumaa) is one of 15 counties of Estonia.
It is located in eastern Estonia bordering Põlva County, Valga County, Viljandi County and Jõgeva County.
The area of Tartu County is 2,992.74 km2 (1,155.50 sq mi), which covers 6.9% of the territory of Estonia. In 2022 Tartu County had a population of 157,758 – constituting 11.9% of the total population in Estonia.[1] The city of Tartu is the centre of the county located at a distance of 186 km (116 mi) from Tallinn. Tartu County is divided into 8 local governments – 1 urban and 7 rural municipalities.
Geography
Tartu County lies in South Estonia, between
History
Archaeological findings suggest that people first inhabited the territory of the current Tartu County about 5000 years ago. City of Tartu was first mentioned in historical records in 1030, when
King
Economy
Tartu County is an integrated economic system and labour area with its centre in the City of Tartu.
There are 6000 companies and 2000 self-employed persons registered in Tartu County. More than 80% of the companies employ 10 or fewer people, only 5 companies in the whole region have more than 250 employees.
Typical products of Tartu County are furniture, foodstuffs, clothes, building materials, glass and plastics. The main export target countries are Finland, Germany, Latvia and Russia. 40% of the exports is wood and furniture, other export production includes machinery and appliances, building materials, glass and clothing. Thanks to the fertile lands, there are many big agricultural enterprises in the West of the county. Fishery is an important activity on the coast of Lake Peipus.
There is development potential for knowledge intensive production in the region due to its universities. Some successful spin-offs of
In order to facilitate
The key actors of the region have signed an agreement about the county's development strategy, which is economic and social development through increase of the knowledge input into production and services.
Economic development priorities:
- Modernization of studying and working environment, technologies and methods in the schools and universities; internationalization of the universities; development of vocational and technical education;
- support of entrepreneurship and start-ups, increase of knowledge input to the production;
- improvement of living environment and social infrastructure of regional centres in the rural areas;
- enhancement of international availability by roads, transport and communications networks.
Education and culture
Tartu County has 69 schools with approximately 23,000 pupils. 11 vocational schools provide practical training in 50 specialities. 40% of Estonia's students live and study in Tartu. In addition to the University of Tartu and the Estonian University of Life Sciences there are 9 other institutions of higher education, the most recent of them the Baltic Defence College.
In the City of Tartu, Estonia's oldest professional theatre,
Government
In Estonia, there is no regional self-government on county level. The
: maavanem), who are appointed by the National Government.In accordance with the Government of the Republic Act [1], the County Governor represents interests of the state in the county and provides for integral and balanced development of the county. The County Governor co-ordinates co-operation of ministries and other organs of executive power located in a county with its local governments and performs supervision over the activities of the local governments. The County Governor is appointed for a five-year term by the Government of the Republic, on the basis of the Prime Minister's proposal and in co-ordination with the representatives of the local governments.
On February 2, 2006, Esta Tamm was appointed Tartu County Governor. She assumed office February 15, 2006.
The County Government manages the operations of and provides support services to the County Governor; prepares draft documents required by the County Governor; manages and controls the execution of orders of the County Governor; manages the preparation of draft budgets of state agencies administered by the County Government, and controls adherence to the budgets; manages relations of the County Governor with government agencies and local government agencies.
Municipalities
The county is subdivided into municipalities. As of 2017, there is 1 urban municipality (Estonian: linn – "town") and 7 rural municipalities (Estonian: vald) in Tartu County.
Rank | Municipality | Type | Population (2018)[4] |
Area km2[4] |
Density[4] |
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1 | Elva Parish | Rural | 14,612 | 728 | 20.1 |
2 | Kambja Parish | Rural | 10,511 | 276 | 38.1 |
3 | Kastre Parish | Rural | 5,138 | 495 | 10.4 |
4 | Luunja Parish | Rural | 4,503 | 132 | 34.1 |
5 | Nõo Parish | Rural | 4,274 | 169 | 25.3 |
6 | Peipsiääre Parish | Rural | 5,676 | 652 | 8.7 |
7 | Tartu Parish | Rural | 10,676 | 742 | 14.4 |
8 | Tartu | Urban | 99,429 | 154 | 645.7 |
Religion
Religion | 2000 | 2011 | 2021 | |||
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Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | |
Christianity | 30,601 | 25.0 | 27,514 | 22.3 | 24,460 | 19.0 |
—Orthodox Christians | 8,223 | 6.7 | 9,292 | 7.5 | 7,890 | 6.1 |
— Lutherans |
18,967 | 15.5 | 14,480 | 11.8 | 12,720 | 9.9 |
— Catholics |
594 | 0.4 | 469 | 0.3 | 800 | 0.6 |
—Baptists | 551 | 0.4 | 580 | 0.4 | 630 | 0.5 |
—Jehovah's Witnesses | 426 | 0.3 | 394 | 0.3 | 450 | 0.3 |
— Pentecostals |
134 | 0.1 | 109 | 0.08 | 110 | 0.08 |
—Old Believers | 1,472 | 1.2 | 1,439 | 1.1 | 1,270 | 1.0 |
— Methodists |
80 | 0.06 | 73 | 0.05 | 120 | 0.09 |
— Adventists |
154 | 0.1 | 137 | 0.1 | 90 | 0.07 |
—Other Christians | - | - | 541 | 0.4 | 380 | 0.3 |
Islam | 61 | 0.04 | 93 | 0.07 | 90 | 0.07 |
Buddhism | - | - | 188 | 0.1 | 210 | 0.1 |
Other religions** | 894 | 0.7 | 1,014 | 0.8 | 1,950 | 1.5 |
No religion | 55,265 | 45.2 | 77,571 | 61.6 | 85,750 | 66.5 |
Not stated*** | 35,347 | 28.9 | 19,293 | 15.3 | 16,200 | 12.5 |
Total population* | 122,168 | 125,889 | 128,870 | |||
*The censuses of Estonia count the religious affiliations of the population older than 15 years of age.[5] ".[5] |
Gallery
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Alatskivi manor
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Lake Mustjärv
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Elva train station
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Tartu Cathedral ruins
References
- ^ a b "Estonia's natural increase in 2010 was positive again after 20 years". stat.ee. Statistics Estonia. 25 April 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-03.
- ^ "GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT BY COUNTY". stat.ee.
- ^ Tvauri, Andres (2012). The Migration Period, Pre-Viking Age, and Viking Age in Estonia. pp. 33, 59, 60. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
- ^ a b c "Elanike demograafiline jaotus maakonniti". Kohaliku omavalitsuse portaal. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- ^ a b c Official census data from Statistics Estonia:
- 2000 Census:
- 2011 Census:
- 2021 Census: