Tamsalu

 ( Cities And Towns In Estonia ) 

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

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

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

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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.

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Demographics

+Ethnic composition 1934-2021 ! rowspan="2"	Ethnicity ! colspan="2"	1934Tamsalu was split between Einmani and Nõmküla Parishes, relevant figures have been summed for convenience ! colspan="2"	1959 Kalev Katus (1996). 9789985820223, Eesti Kõrgkoolidevaheline Demouuringute Keskus. . ISBN 9789985820223 ! colspan="2"	1970 ! colspan="2"	1979 (1990). 9789949719327, Statistikaamet. . ISBN 9789949719327 ! colspan="2"	1989 ! colspan="2"	2000 (2025). 9789985741672, Statistikaamet. . ISBN 9789985741672 ! colspan="2"	2011 ! colspan="2"	2021
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
Polish people	-	-	-	-	-	-	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

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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 Riigikogu.

==Gallery==

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Notes

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External links

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