Kunda, Estonia

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Kunda is a town in Viru-Nigula Parish, Lääne-Viru County, Estonia, located on the coast of the Gulf of Finland. Kunda is best known for its cement factory, port, and archaeological heritage.[1]

History

Evidence of some of the oldest prehistoric communities in Estonia—hunting, and fishing communities that existed around 6500 BC—were found near Kunda. This settlement gave the name to the Kunda culture.

The first written record of Kunda dates back to 1241, when it was mentioned as a village. In 1443 it was mentioned as a manor.[2]

Kunda was granted official borough rights on May 1, 1938.

Demographics

Ethnic composition 1922-2021
Ethnicity 1922[3] 1934[4] 1941[5] 1959[6] 1970[7] 1979[8] 1989[8] 2000[9] 2011[10] 2021[11]
amount % amount % amount % amount % amount % amount % amount % amount % amount % amount %
Estonians 2102 91.0 1728 92.8 1433 97.5 2768 73.3 3400 65.1 2945 61.0 2513 49.9 2283 58.6 2176 63.6 2043 68.2
Russians 97 4.20 77 4.13 25 1.70 - - 1442 27.6 1468 30.4 2037 40.4 1278 32.8 1041 30.4 802 26.8
Ukrainians - - 0 0.00 - - - - 118 2.26 134 2.78 166 3.30 - - 82 2.40 55 1.84
Belarusians - - - - - - - - 95 1.82 92 1.91 83 1.65 - - 34 0.99 26 0.87
Finns - - 9 0.48 2 0.14 - - 102 1.95 106 2.20 104 2.06 - - 37 1.08 26 0.87
Jews 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 - - 3 0.06 2 0.04 2 0.04 - - 2 0.06 0 0.00
Latvians - - 0 0.00 1 0.07 - - 2 0.04 11 0.23 4 0.08 - - 5 0.15 5 0.17
Germans 73 3.16 33 1.77 - - - - - - 4 0.08 7 0.14 - - 7 0.20 3 0.10
Tatars - - 0 0.00 - - - - - - 10 0.21 13 0.26 - - 1 0.03 3 0.10
Poles - - 1 0.05 0 0.00 - - - - 14 0.29 13 0.26 - - 6 0.18 5 0.17
Lithuanians - - 0 0.00 0 0.00 - - 8 0.15 7 0.14 14 0.28 - - 11 0.32 7 0.23
unknown 1 0.04 0 0.00 3 0.20 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 12 0.31 1 0.03 3 0.10
other 37 1.60 15 0.81 5 0.34 1008 26.7 56 1.07 35 0.72 81 1.61 326 8.36 19 0.56 21 0.70
Total 2310 100 1863 100 1469 100 3776 100 5226 100 4828 100 5037 100 3899 100 3422 100 2997 100.08

International relations

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Twin towns — Sister cities

The former municipality of Kunda (until 2017) was twinned with:

Climate

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Notable people

  • Argo Aadli (born 1980), theatre and film actor
  • Armin Öpik (1898–1983), paleontologist
  • Ernst Öpik (1893–1985), astronomer and astrophysicist
  • Jüri Parijõgi (1892–1941), writer and scholar
  • Knudåge Riisager (1897–1974), composer, son of expatriate Danish parents (his father running the cement factory), spent his first 3 years in Kunda.
  • Michael Wittlich (1866–1933), chemist and professor

References

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