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Paldiski
Sign in to savePaldiski is a seaside town in northwestern Estonia on the Pakri Peninsula. The town is adjacent to the Pakri islands in the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea. It is the administrative centre of the Lääne-Harju Parish in Harju County.
Paldiski is a coastal town in northwestern Estonia located on the Pakri Peninsula near the Gulf of Finland. It serves as the administrative center for Lääne-Harju Parish in Harju County.
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Key facts
- Settlement.demographics_type1
- Ethnicity (2021)
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- border|23px Harju
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- border|23px Lääne-Harju
- Settlement.timezone
- EET
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +2
- Settlement.timezone_DST
- EEST
- Settlement.utc_offset_DST
- +3
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of Paldiski by the Baltic Sea##Location in Estonia##Location in Europe
- Settlement.pushpin_relief
- 1
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Scandinavia#Estonia#Europe
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Paldiski Põhjasadam.jpg
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 60.2
- Settlement.population_total
- 4073
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2024
- Settlement.population_rank
- 27th
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Paldiski
- Population
- 4073
- Area
- 59.93
- Image
- Paldiski Põhjasadam.jpg
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- Paldiski
- inception
- 1783-00-00
- time of earliest written record
- 1601-00-00
- P6482
- Paldiski
- postal code
- 76806
- native label
- Paldiski
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- Etymology
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- Russian Empire
- Rågervik
- Baltiiski Port
- Interwar period
- Soviet era
- After Estonia regained independence
- Today
- Politics
- Demographics
- Climate
- Education and community
- Transport
- Energy
- In popular culture
- Notable residents
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Paldiski is a seaside town in northwestern Estonia on the Pakri Peninsula. The town is adjacent to the Pakri islands in the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea. It is the administrative centre of the Lääne-Harju Parish in Harju County.
Paldiski is home to a large ice-free port and is the terminus of the Tallinn-Paldiski railway line. The port is served by passenger ferry services to Kapellskär, Sweden, operated by Tallink and DFDS Seaways.
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