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Kristiine

{{Short description|District of Tallinn, Estonia}}

{{About|the district of Tallinn|the shopping centre in Tallinn|Kristiine Centre}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Kristiine

| settlement_type = District of Tallinn

| image_skyline = Õhuvaade Kristiine linnaosa põhjaosale.png

| imagesize =

| image_caption = Aerial view of northern part of Kristiine, mostly Lilleküla.

| image_flag = Kristiine linnaosa lipp.svg

| image_shield = Kristiine linnaosa vapp.svg

| shield_size = 70px

| image_map = Kristiine location Tallinn.svg

| map_caption = Location of Kristiine in Tallinn.

| coordinates = {{Coord|59|25|01|N|24|41|40|E|region:EE|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Estonia

| subdivision_type1 = County

| subdivision_name1 = Harju County

| subdivision_type2 = City

| subdivision_name2 = Tallinn

| established_title =

| established_date =

| leader_party = Estonia 200

| leader_title = District Elder

| leader_name = Renata Lukk

| area_total_km2 = 9.4

| elevation_m =

| population_total = 31,739

| population_as_of = 01.11.2014

| population_density_km2 = auto

| postal_code_type = Postal code

| postal_code =

| website = {{URL|https://www.tallinn.ee/en/kristiine-district-administration|tallinn.ee}}

}}

Kristiine (Estonian for 'Christina') is one of the 8 administrative districts ({{langx|et|linnaosa}}) of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia.

Kristiine is divided into 3 subdistricts ({{langx|et|asum}}):

The name of Kristiine originates from the Swedish Queen Christina, under whose rule in 1653 the area was divided{{cite web |title=Kristiine |url=https://arhiiv.eki.ee/dict/knr/index.cgi?Q=kristiine&F=M&C06=en |website=Dictionary of Estonian Place Names |publisher=Eesti Keele Instituut |access-date=September 15, 2024 |location=Tallinn}} into 46 pieces (each of them 9 ha) and sold to businessmen and city officials for 100 riksdaler. The whole area was called {{lang|de|Christinental}} (Valley of Christina) and later Kristiine hayfield.{{cite web|last=Niin|first=Jaan|title=Rootsi kuninganna Kristina|url=http://www.kesknadal.ee/uudised?id=8607&sess_admin=0f754b1e2824a12f0ac69feb07d709ff|publisher=Kesknädal|access-date=30 May 2012|language=et|date=21 March 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130922224008/http://www.kesknadal.ee/uudised?id=8607&sess_admin=0f754b1e2824a12f0ac69feb07d709ff|archive-date=22 September 2013|url-status=dead}}

The elder of the district is Andrei Novikov (as of September 2013).

Population

Kristiine has a population of 31,739 ({{as of|2014|11|01}}).{{cite web|url=http://www.tallinn.ee/Tallinna-elanike-arv|title=Tallinna elanike arv|publisher=Tallinn City Government|language=et|access-date=27 November 2014}}

class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"

|+Ethnic composition 1989-2021

! rowspan="2" |Ethnicity

! colspan="2" |1989{{Cite book |url=https://www.stat.ee/sites/default/files/2020-07/RV200102.pdf |title=2000. aasta rahva ja eluruumide loendus |publisher=Statistikaamet |year=2001 |isbn=9985-74-167-6 |location=Tallinn |pages=69, 78 |language=et, en}}

! colspan="2" |2000

! colspan="2" |2011{{Cite web |title=RL0429: RAHVASTIK RAHVUSE, SOO, VANUSERÜHMA JA ELUKOHA JÄRGI, 31. DETSEMBER 2011 |url=https://andmed.stat.ee:443/pxweb/et/stat/stat__rahvaloendus__rel2011__rahvastiku-demograafilised-ja-etno-kultuurilised-naitajad__rahvus-emakeel-ja-keelteoskus-murded/RL0429.px/ |access-date= |website=Estonian Statistical Database |language=et}}

! colspan="2" |2021{{Cite web |title=RL21429: RAHVASTIK RAHVUSE, SOO, VANUSERÜHMA JA ELUKOHA (HALDUSÜKSUS) JÄRGI, 31. DETSEMBER 2021 |url=https://andmed.stat.ee:443/pxweb/et/stat/stat__rahvaloendus__rel2021__rahvastiku-demograafilised-ja-etno-kultuurilised-naitajad__rahvus-emakeel/RL21429.px/ |access-date= |website=Estonian Statistical Database |language=et}}

amount

!%

!amount

!%

!amount

!%

!amount

!%

Estonians

|23433

|57.4

|20393

|67.1

|21296

|72.9

|23047

|70.5

Russians

|13508

|33.1

|7662

|25.2

|6386

|21.8

|6359

|19.4

Ukrainians

| -

| -

| -

| -

|516

|1.77

|771

|2.36

Belarusians

| -

| -

| -

| -

|291

|1.00

|292

|0.89

Finns

| -

| -

| -

| -

|111

|0.38

|178

|0.54

Jews

| -

| -

| -

| -

|84

|0.29

|72

|0.22

Latvians

| -

| -

| -

| -

|44

|0.15

|103

|0.31

Germans

| -

| -

| -

| -

|29

|0.10

|86

|0.26

Tatars

| -

| -

| -

| -

|41

|0.14

|49

|0.15

Poles

| -

| -

| -

| -

|43

|0.15

|44

|0.13

Lithuanians

| -

| -

| -

| -

|48

|0.16

|68

|0.21

unknown

|0

|0.00

|330

|1.09

|29

|0.10

|234

|0.72

other

|3879

|9.50

|2022

|6.65

|310

|1.06

|1402

|4.29

Total

!40820

!100

!30407

!100

!29228

!100

!32705

!100

class="wikitable" style="margin-right:1px; text-align:center; font-size:85% !important;"

|+ style="padding-top:0px;"|Population development

! Year

| 2004

| 2005

| 2006

| 2007

| 2008

| 2009

| 2010

| 2011

| 2012

| 2013

| 2014

Population

| 29,424

| 29,908

| 29,816

| 29,511

| 29,478

| 29,221

| 29,395

| 29,810

| 30,055

| 30,274

| 31,256

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

{{commons category|Kristiine}}

  • {{official website|http://www.tallinn.ee/eng/kristiine-district}}

{{Tallinn}}

Category:Districts of Tallinn

Category:Christina, Queen of Sweden

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