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Populated places in Estonia are cities or settlement units [a] of rural municipalities, but only cities have administrative functions. Settlement units are divided into settlements [b] and urban regions [c] (subdivisions of cities).
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Officially there are four types of settlement unit in Estonia: [1]
- village (küla) – a sparsely populated settlement or a densely populated settlement with fewer than 300 permanent inhabitants
- small borough (alevik) – a densely populated settlement with at least 300 permanent inhabitants
- town (alev) – a densely populated settlement with at least 1000 permanent inhabitants
- city (linn) - a densely populated settlement with at least 1000 permanent inhabitants.
As of 2024, there were 47 cities, 13 towns, 186 hamlets and 4457 villages in Estonia. [2] There were 3 cities with under 1000 permanent inhabitants as of 2023. [1]
