Tallinn, general overview
Tallinn,
general
overview
Prepared: Hanna Bergmann
16.04.2011
Tallinn's Old Town is in the list of
UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
Tallinn is ranked as a global city
and has been listed among the top 10
digital cities in the world.
Tallinn is a European Capital of
Culture for 2011, along with Turku,
Finland.
Location
Tallinn is situated on the northern
coast of the country, on the banks
of the Gulf of Finland, 80 km south
of Helsinki, east of Stockholm and
west of Saint Petersburg.
Tallinn is situated on the southern
coast of the Gulf of Finland, in
north-western Estonia.
Tallinn
Population
The registered population of Tallinn is 412,341
(as of 1 Dec 2010).
According to Eurostat, in 2004 Tallinn had the
largest number of non-EU nationals of all EU
member states' capital cities.As of 2009 around
22% of its population are not EU citizens.
In addit...