Pärnu
city in Estonia
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Summary
Pärnu is a city[1]. Pärnu ranks in the top 10% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,194 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: Union of the Baltic Cities[3]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Pärnu City[4]
- Country: Estonia[5]
- Located in or next to body of water: Pärnu River[6], Pärnu Bay[7]
- Instance of: Hanseatic city[8], tourist destination[9]
- Twinned administrative body: Palanga[10], Jūrmala[11], Drammen[12], Odesa[13], Murmansk[14]
- Commons category: Pärnu[15]
- Inception: 1251[16]
- Significant event: Siege of Pärnu[17]
- Official website: https://parnu.ee/[18]
- Topic's main category: Category:Pärnu[19]
- Commons gallery: Pärnu[20]
- Population: 39,728[21], 40,005[22], 39,784[23], 39,828[24], 40,401[25], 39,620[26], 39,375[27], 39,438[28], 39,605[29], 41,226[30], 52,000[31], 49,000[32], 41,520[33], 54,200[34]
- Time of earliest written record: 1241[35]
- Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[36], Sytin Military Encyclopedia[37], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[38], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[39], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[40], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[41], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[42], Topographia Electoratus Brandenburgici et Ducatus Pomeraniae[43], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[44]
- Capital of: Pärnu Raion[45], Pärnu County[46]
- Official name: Pärnu[47], Пярну[48]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Pärnu[49]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Pärnu[50]
- Native label: Pärnu[51]
- Category for people buried here: Category:Burials in Pärnu[52]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Pärnu[53]
- Different from: Pärnu River[54]
- Elevation above sea level: 10 m[55]
- Area: 33.15 km²[56]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Pärnu include Pärnu Airport[57], an airport[58], in Estonia[59] and Pärnu Bay[60], a bay[61], in Estonia[62].
Why It Matters
Pärnu has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[63] Pärnu is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.[64]
Entities named for Pärnu include Pärnu Airport[57], an airport[58], in Estonia[59] and Pärnu Bay[60], a bay[61], in Estonia[62].