Kesklinn
Kesklinn is one of the 8 administrative districts of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It is situated on the Tallinn Bay and bordered to the northwest by the district of Põhja-Tallinn, to the west by Kristiine, to the southwest by Nõmme, to the east by Lasnamäe and Pirita, and to the south by Rae Parish, beyond Lake Ülemiste.Photo: Iifar, CC BY-SA 3.0 ee.
Photo: Pjotr Mahhonin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Suburb with 69,500 residents
- Description: district of Tallinn
- Also known as: “City center” and “Kesklinn, Tallinn”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St. Nicholas Church and Lilleküla Stadium.
St. Nicholas Church
Museum
Photo: Iifar, CC BY-SA 3.0 ee.
St. Nicholas Church is a medieval church building in Tallinn, Estonia. It was dedicated to Saint Nicholas, the patron of the fishermen and sailors. Originally built as a Catholic church in the 13th century, it turned Lutheran during the Protestant Reformation in 1520s.
Lilleküla Stadium
Stadium
Photo: toivo, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Lilleküla Stadium, known as A. Le Coq Arena for sponsorship reasons, is a football stadium in Tallinn, Estonia. It is the home ground of football clubs Flora and Levadia, and the Estonia national football team.
Kadriorg Palace
Museum
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Põhja-Tallinn and Lasnamäe.
Põhja-Tallinn
Suburb
Photo: Iifar, CC BY-SA 3.0 ee.
Põhja-Tallinn is one of the eight administrative districts of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia.
Lasnamäe
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lasnamäe is the most populous administrative district of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. The district's population is about 119,000, the majority of which is Russian-speaking as a result of Soviet settlement policies. Lasnamäe is situated 5 km east of Kesklinn.
Kristiine
Suburb
Photo: Liilia Moroz, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kristiine is one of the 8 administrative districts of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. Kristiine is divided into 3 subdistricts : The name of Kristiine originates from the Swedish Queen Christina, under whose rule in 1653 the area was divided into 46 pieces and sold to businessmen and city officials for 100 riksdaler. Kristiine is situated 3½ km southwest of Kesklinn.
Kesklinn
- Categories: city district and locality
- Location: Kesklinna linnaosa, Tallinn, Harju, North Estonia, Estonia, Baltic states, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
59.4372° or 59° 26′ 14″ northLongitude
24.7573° or 24° 45′ 26″ eastPopulation
69,500Elevation
12 metres (39 feet)Open location code
9GF6CQP4+VWOpenStreetMap ID
node 5951137393OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
795155Wikidata ID
Q1230929
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Vietnamese—“Kesklinn” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Կեսկլին”
- Basque: “Kesklinn”
- Catalan: “Kesklinn”
- Chinese: “中城”
- Czech: “Kesklinn”
- Dutch: “Kesklinn”
- Estonian: “Kesklinn”
- Estonian: “Kesklinna linnaosa”
- Finnish: “Kesklinn”
- Finnish: “Keskusta”
- Finnish: “Tallinnan keskusta”
- French: “Arrondissement de Kesklinn”
- French: “Kesklinn”
- German: “Kesklinn”
- Hungarian: “Kesklinn”
- Italian: “Kesklinn”
- Japanese: “ケスクリン”
- Latin: “Media Urbs”
- Latvian: “Centrs (Tallina)”
- Latvian: “Centrs”
- Malay: “Kesklinn, Tallinn”
- Malay: “pusat bandar Tallinn”
- Persian: “کسکلین، تالین”
- Polish: “Kesklinn”
- Russian: “Кесклинн”
- Spanish: “Kesklinn”
- Swedish: “Kesklinn”
- Turkish: “Kesklinn”
- Udmurt: “Кесклинн”
- Ukrainian: “Кесклінн”
- Vietnamese: “Kesklinn”
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