Tamsalu is a town in Tapa Parish, Lääne-Viru County, Estonia.

The town has a station on the Tallinn-Tartu railway.

As of December 31, 2021, the town had a population of 2415.

History

The settlement was first mentioned in 1512, but remained an insignificant village until 1876, when the Tallinn-Tartu railway was built. The settlement became a town in 1996. Before the administrative reform in 2017, the town was the administrative center of the former Tamsalu Parish.

Demographics

Ethnic composition 1934-2021
Ethnicity19341959197019791989200020112021
amount%amount%amount%amount%amount%amount%amount%amount%
Estonians46893.6135586.6193585.8205676.9214372.0207879.5185082.7199182.4
Russians285.60--1727.6235613.352317.632012.226411.830312.5
Ukrainians----231.02552.061254.20--331.48431.78
Belarusians----80.35411.53381.28--301.34220.91
Finns----823.63983.67732.45--210.94210.87
Jews----10.0410.0430.10--00.0000.00
Latvians20.40--70.31100.3720.07--30.1300.00
Germans10.20----291.0890.30--50.2240.17
Tatars------10.0440.13--10.0430.12
Poles------60.2240.13--20.0900.00
Lithuanians----80.3590.34130.44--80.3650.21
unknown10.2000.0000.0000.0000.0080.3110.0450.21
other00.0020913.4200.89110.41411.382087.96180.81180.75
Total5001001564100225610026731002978100261410022361002415100

Notable people

Gallery

  • Tamsalu church
  • Tamsalu House of Culture

Notes

External links

Media related to Tamsalu at Wikimedia Commons