Tamsalu

Tamsalu is a town in Tapa Parish, Lääne-Viru County, Estonia.

Tamsalu
Town
Tamsalu train station
Tamsalu Location in Estonia
Coordinates: 59°9′32.4″N 26°6′28.8″E
Country	Estonia
County	Lääne-Viru County
Municipality	Tapa Parish
Town status	22 October 1996
Population  (31.12.2024)[1]
• Total	2,397
• Rank	36th
Ethnicity (2021) [1]
• estonians	82.4%
• russians	12.6%
• other	5.0%
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

The town has a station on the Tallinn-Tartu railway.

As of December 31, 2021, the town had a population of 2415.

History

The settlement was first mentioned in 1512, but remained an insignificant village until 1876, when the Tallinn-Tartu railway was built. The settlement became a town in 1996. Before the administrative reform in 2017, the town was the administrative center of the former Tamsalu Parish.

Demographics

Ethnic composition 1934-2021

Ethnicity	1934[2][note 1]		1959[3]		1970[4]		1979[5]		1989[5]		2000[6]		2011[7]		2021[1]
	amount	%	amount	%	amount	%	amount	%	amount	%	amount	%	amount	%	amount	%
Estonians	468	93.6	1355	86.6	1935	85.8	2056	76.9	2143	72.0	2078	79.5	1850	82.7	1991	82.4
Russians	28	5.60	-	-	172	7.62	356	13.3	523	17.6	320	12.2	264	11.8	303	12.5
Ukrainians	-	-	-	-	23	1.02	55	2.06	125	4.20	-	-	33	1.48	43	1.78
Belarusians	-	-	-	-	8	0.35	41	1.53	38	1.28	-	-	30	1.34	22	0.91
Finns	-	-	-	-	82	3.63	98	3.67	73	2.45	-	-	21	0.94	21	0.87
Jews	-	-	-	-	1	0.04	1	0.04	3	0.10	-	-	0	0.00	0	0.00
Latvians	2	0.40	-	-	7	0.31	10	0.37	2	0.07	-	-	3	0.13	0	0.00
Germans	1	0.20	-	-	-	-	29	1.08	9	0.30	-	-	5	0.22	4	0.17
Tatars	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	0.04	4	0.13	-	-	1	0.04	3	0.12
Poles	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	0.22	4	0.13	-	-	2	0.09	0	0.00
Lithuanians	-	-	-	-	8	0.35	9	0.34	13	0.44	-	-	8	0.36	5	0.21
unknown	1	0.20	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00	8	0.31	1	0.04	5	0.21
other	0	0.00	209	13.4	20	0.89	11	0.41	41	1.38	208	7.96	18	0.81	18	0.75
Total	500	100	1564	100	2256	100	2673	100	2978	100	2614	100	2236	100	2415	100

Notable people

• Marko Pomerants, former Estonian Minister of Social Affairs (April 10, 2003 – April 13, 2005), former Estonian Minister of the Interior (July 3, 2009 – April 5, 2011), former Estonian Minister of the Environment (April 9, 2015 – June 12, 2017), Member of the Estonian Parliament.

Gallery

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  Tamsalu church
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  Tamsalu House of Culture
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Drone video. Ruins of limestone ring kiln at Tamsalu, Estonia 2021