Maardu

This article is about the town. For village in Jõelähtme Parish, see Maardu (village).

Maardu (Estonian: [ˈmɑːrd̥u], German: Maart) is a town and a municipality in Harju County, Estonia. It is part of Tallinn metropolitan area, located about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) east of the capital city.^[1] The town covers an area of 22.76 km² and has a population of 16,170 (as of 1 January 2021).^[2]

Maardu
Town
Panorama of Maardu, Port of Muuga in the background. The Iru Power Plant is in the foreground.
Flag Coat of arms
Maardu Location in Estonia
Coordinates: 59°28′41″N 25°00′58″E
Country	Estonia
County	Harju County
First mentioned	1241
Borough rights	1951
Town rights	1980[1]
Government
• Mayor	Vladimir Arhipov (Estonian Centre Party)
Area
• Total	22.76 km2 (8.79 sq mi)
Elevation	20 m (70 ft)
Population  (2024)
• Total	17,017[2]
• Rank	8th
Postal code	74111
ISO 3166 code	EE-446
Website	www.maardu.ee

The Port of Muuga, the largest cargo port in Estonia, is partly located in Maardu.^[3]

According to the 2000 Census, the population was 16,738. 61.7% were Russians, 19.9% Estonians, 6.6% Ukrainians, 5.7% Belarusians, 1.5% Tatars. The proportion of Estonians was one of the lowest (if not the lowest) in Central and Western Estonia.

Outside the town (in the village of Maardu), south of the road to Narva lies Maardu manor, one of the oldest preserved baroque manor houses in Estonia. It traces its origins to 1389, but the current building dates from the 1660s with additions made in the 19th century. The landlord of the manor Herman Jensen Bohn in 1739 funded the printing of the first bible printed in Estonian.^[4]

Maardu neighborhoods

Maardu may be divided into six parts:

• Kallavere (the centre of the city where most of the public institutions are located)
• Muuga Harbour
• Muuga aedlinn (former garden city, now a light residential suburb more connected to Tallinn than Kallavere)
• Kärmu (industrial area)
• Kroodi (industrial area)
• Lake Maardu

Demographics

Ethnic composition 1959-2021

Ethnicity	1959[5]		1970[6]		1979[7]		1989[7]		2000[8]		2011[9]		2021[10]
	amount	%	amount	%	amount	%	amount	%	amount	%	amount	%	amount	%
Estonians	1475	34.9	2110	30.7	2167	21.7	2479	15.4	3331	19.9	4347	24.8	3746	23.2
Russians	-	-	3254	47.3	5656	56.7	10024	62.4	10331	61.7	10845	61.9	10037	62.1
Ukrainians	-	-	298	4.33	584	5.86	1269	7.91	1101	6.58	861	4.91	957	5.92
Belarusians	-	-	763	11.1	942	9.45	1281	7.98	949	5.67	660	3.77	536	3.31
Finns	-	-	144	2.09	139	1.39	133	0.83	144	0.86	88	0.50	62	0.38
Jews	-	-	19	0.28	28	0.28	24	0.15	19	0.11	20	0.11	13	0.08
Latvians	-	-	19	0.28	27	0.27	37	0.23	36	0.22	34	0.19	42	0.26
Germans	-	-	-	-	27	0.27	42	0.26	31	0.19	27	0.15	25	0.15
Tatars	-	-	-	-	169	1.70	267	1.66	245	1.46	168	0.96	156	0.96
Poles	-	-	-	-	73	0.73	86	0.54	93	0.56	86	0.49	85	0.53
Lithuanians	-	-	24	0.35	36	0.36	51	0.32	79	0.47	82	0.47	78	0.48
unknown	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00	93	0.56	14	0.08	80	0.49
other	2748	65.1	246	3.58	122	1.22	359	2.24	286	1.71	292	1.67	353	2.18
Total	4223	100	6877	100	9970	100	16052	100	16738	100	17524	100	16170	100

Religion in Maardu (2021)

1. Unaffiliated (53.2%)
2. Orthodox (35.7%)
3. Lutheran (4.4%)
4. Others Christians (3.7%)
5. Others Religions or Unknown (2.5%)
6. 0.00%

Gallery

• 
  Maardu Archangel Michael Church
• 
  Iru thermal power plant
• 
  Lake Maardu
• 
  Maardu manor house
• 
  Apartment buildings at sunset
• 
  Soviet-era apartment buildings
• 
  Abandoned factory building in Maardu
• 
  Kroodi creek

See also

• Maardu Linnameeskond
• Maardu United