Pirita

The main roadway from Pirita District to Tallinn city centre and the districts situated to the west is Pirita Street with two separate directions of traffic. Pärnamäe Street and Narva Highway, Kose Street, Vabaõhukooli Street and Kelluka Street and, for pedestrians, also Purde Street connect the district to Lasnamäe District. Transit traffic from the other parts of Tallinn to Viimsi rural municipality, mostly along Pirita-Merivälja and Ranna Street, pass through Pirita District. Another connection to Viimsi rural municipality is via Pärnamäe Street and Randvere Street. Pirita District is connected to the town of Maardu via Muuga Street and Vana-Narva Highway.

Pirita District includes nine subdistricts: Pirita, Merivälja, Maarjamäe, Kose (Pirita-Kose), Mähe, Kloostrimetsa, Lepiku, Laiaküla, Iru. All of these are united by a green living environment.

As at the start of 2019, there were 18,894 permanent residents registered in the district.

The population of Pirita District accounts for only 4 percent of the population of the city of Tallinn. According to the census of 2011, they comprised 12,667 (78.36%) Estonians, 2,732 Russians, 203 Ukrainians, and 103 Finns. There were 15,075 (93,3%) Estonian citizens, 429 (2.65%) Russian citizens, 297 (1.84%) citizens of other countries, and 363 (2.25%) people with unspecified citizenship. There were 7,666 (47.4%) men and 8,499 (52.6%) women. Estonian was the mother tongue for 12,420 people, Russian for 3,378 people, and another language for 342 people.

Pirita District Administration introduces the area as follows.

“Pirita is undoubtedly a place where forest parks, beautiful coastline, interesting historical sites and the cleanest nature in the capital should offer different emotions to both those who live here day to day, those who have come here for a summer holiday and those who are dreaming of having a home here.

Pirita’s best-known symbol, the more than 600-year-old Pirita Convent, can be seen from afar. It was in the vicinity of the convent where a small urban region that got its name, Pirita, for the patron saint of the convent, Saint Birgitta, was established back in the day. Today, Pirita has become a district that stretches on 18.7 square kilometres and is home to 18,000 residents. A new convent building with a church where Bridgettine sisters from various parts of the world live and work was established next to the ruins of the oldest monastery complex in Old Livonia in 2001.

The tallest building in Tallinn, the TV Tower, is situated in the district. Pirita River with its sandbanks where 28 rare plant species grow in its 523.1-hectare primeval valley that has been taken under landscape conservation flows through the Botanic Garden situated in the immediate vicinity of the TV Tower.”

Great attention is given to doing sports and leisure activities in Pirita. There are several fitness centres and illuminated health trails along both sides of the river.

On sunny days, up to 20,000 people visit the 2.4 km long Pirita Beach.

Although Pirita is only a small part of the large city of Tallinn, its history and people have given the area a strong identity and a sense of independence and self-efficacy.

This is why Pirita’s apartment market isn’t seeing major changes – those who have settled in the district aren’t all that willing to move elsewhere. Pirita with its clean and beautiful nature offers a living environment to people that they don’t give up easily.

Source: Tallinn City Government, Pirita District Administration, Wikipedia, Land Board, City24.ee

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