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Transport In Estonia
Transport in Estonia relies mainly on road and rail networks. Roads *Total: 57,565 km (including 16,465 km of national roads) *Paved: 12,926 km (including 99 km of limited-access roads) National roads National roads form the core of Estonian road network. Their total length is 16,489 km (or 28% of all roads), 67% of them are paved. They are divided into 4 classes according to importance: *main roads (1,607 km) *basic roads (2,406 km) *secondary roads (12,476 km) *local roads (18,455 km) Electric vehicle network Estonia is the first country in the EU and in the world to introduce a nationwide, publicly serviced charging system for charging the batteries of electric vehicles. The 165 fast charging stations are equipped with connectors of the CHAdeMO standard. They are located throughout the entire country, including the islands, and have a maximum distance of 40–60 km in between. The charging stations can also be navigat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ikla
Ikla is a village in Häädemeeste Parish, Pärnu County, Estonia. (retrieved 28 July 2021) The village lies on the Via Baltica ( European route E67), on the Estonian–Latvian Border, opposite the Latvian town of Ainaži. Gallery Ikla, Eesti-Läti piiril.JPG, The Estonian-Latvian border Ikla vaadatuna Heinaste põhjamuulilt.JPG, View of Ikla from the north pier of Ainaži Ainaži (; is a Latvian port town by the Gulf of Riga in the Baltic Sea. Administratively, it is part of the Limbaži Municipality in the Vidzeme region of Latvia. It is located on the south side of the Estonia-Latvia international border, on ..., Latvia References External links Estonia–Latvia border crossings Villages in Pärnu County {{pärnu-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
European Route E265
European route E265 is a B-class E-road, part of the inter-European road system. Consideration of new proposals for amendments to Annex I to the AGR It runs through Estonia, connecting to , and from Paldiski has ferry access to the port of , Sweden. In Estonia, E265 follows the Estonian National Road 11 (Tallinn Ring Road) and part of Estonian National Road 8 (from Keila to Paldiski). References External links [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keila
Keila () is a town and an Municipalities of Estonia, urban municipality in Harju County in north-western Estonia, southwest of Tallinn. As of 2021, the town has a population of 10,499 inhabitants. Keila is also the location of administrative buildings of the surrounding Keila Parish, a rural municipality separate from the town itself. History The oldest traces of human settlement in Keila trace back 2000 to 3000 years BC. Around 1000 years ago the village of Keila was established along the Keila river. In 1219 the Danish conquered Northern-Estonia and chose Keila as the site on which the Vomentakæ parish, parochial Revala Keila church, county church was to be built. The first church was a small wooden structure dedicated primarily to St. Michael which was replaced with a stone church at the end of the 13th century. Subsequently, the first written mention of Keila (''Keikŋl'') comes from Danish evaluation book writings in 1241. In the 15th–16th century, a settlement compris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paldiski
Paldiski is a seaside Populated places in Estonia, town in northwestern Estonia, located on the Pakri Peninsula and adjacent Pakri Islands, 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 the terminus of the Tallinn-Tallinn-Paldiski Railway, Paldiski railway line. The port is served by passenger ferry services to Kapellskär, Sweden, operated by Tallink and DFDS Seaways. As of 1 January 2021, the town had a population of 3542. Etymology The first known name of Paldiski Bay is Rågervik, meaning "rye island bay" in the Swedish language; it was derived from the name Estonian Swedes used for the Pakri Islands, Pakri islands: ''Rågöarna''. A small harbour, also named Rågervik, was established on the southern coast of the Pakri Peninsula in the 17th century. This port has also been referred to as ''Rudewa'' and ''Rågövik''. After Estonia was co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A2 Road (Latvia)
The A2 highway (Riga - Sigulda - Border of Estonia ( Veclaicene)), also known as the Vidzeme or Veclaicene highway is a national road in Latvia, which connects Riga to the Estonian border (Veclaicene). The highway continues in Estonia as highway 7, and then in Russia as A212 until Pskov. The highway is fully covered in asphalt and its length in Latvia is 196 km. Currently the A2 has 2x2 lanes from Riga until almost Sigulda, after that it turns to 1x1 lanes. From Riga bypass the highway is a part of European route E77. In the section from the Riga bypass to "Sēnīte", the speed limit outside populated areas is 110 km/h during ttime when weather conditions permit, and 90 km/h in less favorable conditions. Beyond "Sēnīte", the speed limit remains 90 km/h year-round outside populated areas. Traffic The A2 highway is one of the busiest highways in Latvia, reaching more than 42,000 cars per day in the section from Riga to the A1/A4 interchange. In the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Misso
Misso is a small borough (') in Rõuge Parish, Võru County, South East Estonia Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru .... Between 1991–2017 (until the administrative reform of Estonian municipalities) it was the administrative center of Misso Parish. It is situated on the European route E77. References Boroughs and small boroughs in Estonia Kreis Werro {{Võru-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pskov
Pskov ( rus, Псков, a=Ru-Псков.oga, p=psˈkof; see also Names of Pskov in different languages, names in other languages) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city in northwestern Russia and the administrative center of Pskov Oblast, located about east of the Estonian border, on the Velikaya, Velikaya River. Population: Pskov is one of the oldest cities in Russia. During the Middle Ages, it served as the capital of the Pskov Republic and was a trading post of the Hanseatic League before it was incorporated into the Grand Duchy of Moscow and became an important border fortress in the Tsardom of Russia. History Early history Pskov is one of the oldest cities in Russia. The name of the city, originally Pleskov (historic Russian spelling , ), may be loosely translated as "[the town] of :wikt:purling, purling waters". It was historically known in English as Plescow. Its earliest mention comes in 903, which records that Igor of Kiev married a local lady, Olga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kilingi-Nõmme
Kilingi-Nõmme is a town in Pärnu County, southwestern Estonia. It is the administrative centre of Saarde Parish. It is located on the intersection of Valga– Uulu (Valga–Pärnu, no. 6) and Tartu–Viljandi–Kilingi-Nõmme (no. 92) roads, about from the Estonian border with Latvia. History The settlement was first mentioned in 1560, when a manor named ''Ovelgunne'' (also ''Kurkund'') belonging to the Schilling family was established. In 1789 a tavern was opened in the nearby Nõmme farmstead. Hence in the name "Kilingi-Nõmme", ''Kilingi'' derived from the ''Schilling'' surname. In the 1870s when most of the manor's land was handed out to Orthodox believers, the settlement started to develop faster. Local congregation was established in 1845, and a parish school three years later. Kilingi-Nõmme was then the centre of the surrounding Saarde Parish. After the establishment of sawmill, flour mill and spinning factory, Kilingi-Nõmme gained the borough rights in 1919 and e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estonian National Road 1
Estonian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Estonia, a country in the Baltic region in northern Europe * Estonians, people from Estonia, or of Estonian descent * Estonian language * Estonian cuisine * Estonian culture See also * * Estonia (other) * Languages of Estonia * List of Estonians This is a list of notable people from Estonia, or of Estonian ancestry. Architects * Andres Alver (born 1953) * Dmitri Bruns (1929–2020) * Karl Burman (1882–1965) * Eugen Habermann (1884–1944) * Georg Hellat (1870–1943) * Otto Pius Hip ... {{Disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paide
Paide is a town in Estonia and the capital of Järva County, one of the 15 counties of Estonia. Etymology Paide's German name (originally or in Low German) means 'white stone'. This name was derived from the limestone used for the construction of Paide Castle. A Latin translation, , has also been used.Ühendus Weissenstein''Paide Linna Nimed'' (accessed 1 January 2013) /ref> The Estonian name was first recorded in 1564 as . It is thought to derive from the word , , meaning 'limestone'. Sights Paide Vallitorn A castle was built in Paide by order of Konrad von Mandern, master of the Livonian Order, sometime in 1265 or 1266. It was from the beginning constructed around the central tower or keep, locally known as ''Tall Hermann tower'' or ''Vallitorn''. With its six storeys, the tower has always been the core of the castle complex. The fortress was strengthened during the 14th and 15th centuries, when the surrounding walls were enlarged and towers added. It was also modern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
