Tallinn in Brief

Geographical position

Location:

Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, is located in Northern Europe in the north-eastern part of the Baltic Sea region. Tallinn is also the biggest city in Estonia and it is just about the size of the capital of Finland – Helsinki.

Area 159,1 km², Estonia 45 227 km²

Climate:

Tallinn's climate is characterized by a fairly cold winter, a cool spring with little precipitation, a moderately warm summer and a long and rainy autumn. However, some summers have weeks at a stretch of temperatures around +30° C, and a warm, sunny Indian summer can keep autumn at bay until mid-October.
Average temperature in July +22°C in 2010
Average temperature in February -9°C in 2011 

Time:

In winter GMT +2

In summer GMT +3

Population

Population:

412 950 in Tallinn (01.04.2011) )  

Population within 400 km radius ca 11 million

Population within 860 km radius ca 80 million

Religions*:

The largest denomination is Lutheran (30%), Orthodox (28%), Catholics (3%). Nevertheless, only about 20% of Estonians practice any religion.

Literacy*:

99% of total population (Human Development Report)

Nationality:

Estonians 52.5%, Russians 38.5%, Ukrainians 3.7%, Belarussians 2%, Finns 0.6% and other nationalities 2.7% (Lativans Lithuanians, Jews, Germans, Tatars, Poles).

Languages:

Estonia's official language is Estonian. Russian, Finnish, English and German are also understood and spoken.

* in Estonia

Local authority

Legislative body:

City Council (consists of 63 councilors), elected by all residents for a three-year period. Next elections will be held in October 2013.

Executive body:

City Government, approved by the Council

Mayor forms the city government

Mayor of Tallinn:

Mr Edgar Savisaar 

Districts of Tallinn:

Tallinn consists of 8 districts: Haabersti, Kesklinn, Kristiine, Lasnamäe, Mustamäe, Nõmme, Pirita, Põhja-Tallinn, which are governed by district councils and the district administrations. The heads of the districts govern the district administrations.

Suffrage:

All legal residents, regardless of citizenship, who have attained 18 years of age can vote in local elections.

Economy

Currency:

Euro (form 1 January 2011)

GDP*:

3.6% (2010)

GDP per ca1ita:*

10,821 EUR (2010)

Foreign direct investments:

12.25 bln EUR to Estonia (2010) (Bank of Estonia)

Foreign direct investments per capita per year:

895 EUR in Estonia (2010) (Bank of Estonia)

Consumer price index:*

-0.1% (2009), forecast 3.0% (2010) (Bank of Estonia)

Labour force (residents in working age):

73.4 % (2010)

Employment rate:

             61.1 % (2010)

Unemployment rate:

16.8% (2010)

City budget:

464,382,214 EUR (2011)

Imports:*

9,033 mln EUR (2010)

Exports:*

8,819 mln EUR (2010)

Number of enterprises (01.04.2011):

Public sector

 - state 26  

 - municipal 12

Private sector

 - Estonian 60,454 

 - foreign 8,971

* in Estonia

Telecommunications

Mobile phones subscribers per 100 inhabitants*:

120 (2010)

Internet connected hosts per 100 inhabitants*:

26.7 (2010)

- 74 % of Estonia's population has access to the Internet
- Tallinn fixed phone lines are fully digital.
- There are approximately 348 wireless Internet areas in Tallinn. As of 1 January 2010, there are almost 700 public Internet locations in Tallinn.

* in Estonia

Transportation

Regular railway connections with:

Moscow, Riga, St. Petersburg

Regular direct flights to:

              Helsinki, Riga, St. Petersburg, Stockholm, Vilnius, Göteborg, Oslo, Warsaw, Copenhagen, Moscow, Kiev, Prague, Bremen, Frankfurt, Düsseldorf, Amsterdam, Munich, Brussels, Edinburgh, London, East Midlands, Liverpool, Milaano, Dublin, Girona, Kuressaare, Kärdla, Tartu

Ports and Harbours:

16 ports and docks

Port of Tallinn (Consists of 4 harbours):

In 2010, 36.7 mln tonnes of goods and 7.9 mln passangers passed through the ports belonging to the Port of Tallinn

Banking & Finance

Banks:

4 biggest banks (Swedbank, SEB, Nordea Pank, Sampo Pank)

Investment Banks:

Baltcap, SEAF, Business Advisor, Cresco, Evli Securities, Hanseatic Capital, Investment Agency, Kawe Kapital, LHV, Nordic Financial Services, Spada Capital, Trigon Capital, United Partners, East Capital, Avaron Capital

Stock Market:

Tallinn Stock Exchange

Business Services

Business Consulting Firms /Audit:

PriceWaterhouseCoopers, KPMG, Ernst & Young, Deloitte & Touche

Real Estate:

Arco Vara, Ober Haus, Uus Maa, Rime, Pindi, Eri