List of twin towns and sister cities in Estonia
This is a list of places in Estonia having standing links to local communities in other countries. In most cases, the association, especially when formalised by local government, is known as "town twinning" (though other terms, such as "partner towns" (sõpruslinnad) or "sister cities" are sometimes used instead), and while most of the places included are towns, the list also comprises villages, cities, districts, counties, etc. with similar links.
H
Hankasalmi, Finland Karmøy, Norway Mjölby, Sweden Salacgrīva, Latvia
Neukloster-Warin, Germany Norrtälje, Sweden Pargas, Finland Virolahti, Finland
J
Kokkola, Finland
Jonava, Lithuania Kaarina, Finland Karlstad, Sweden Kaišiadorys, Lithuania Keuruu, Finland Makariv Raion, Ukraine Ungheni, Moldova Valozhyn District, Belarus
K
Janakkala, Finland
Toivakka, Finland
Kėdainiai, Lithuania Kingiseppsky District, Russia Korostyshiv, Ukraine Norderstedt, Germany Outokumpu, Finland Salihorsk, Belarus Slantsevsky District, Russia Staffanstorp, Sweden Veliky Novgorod, Russia Wyszków, Poland
Sipoo, Finland
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Białogard, Poland Bijelo Polje, Montenegro Changchun, China Chornomorsk, Ukraine Elektrėnai, Lithuania Frunzyenski (Minsk), Belarus Jēkabpils, Latvia Kalininsky (Saint Petersburg), Russia Khabarovsk, Russia Klaipėda District Municipality, Lithuania Krasnoarmeysky (Volgograd), Russia Myrhorod, Ukraine Myshkin, Russia Ostashkov, Russia Pikalyovo, Russia Prince George, Canada La Seyne-sur-Mer, France Sihanoukville, Cambodia Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Vanadzor, Armenia Velikiye Luki, Russia
Muhu[20]
Utajärvi, Finland
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Bălți, Moldova Barysaw, Belarus Bel Air, United States Donetsk, Ukraine Elbląg, Poland Gorna Oryahovitsa, Bulgaria Ivangorod, Russia Karlskoga, Sweden Kingiseppsky District, Russia Kirovsky (Saint Petersburg), Russia Kobuleti, Georgia Lahti, Finland Petrozavodsk, Russia South-Western AO (Moscow), Russia Tavastia Proper, Finland Xiamen, China
Viitasaari, Finland
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Annaberg-Buchholz, Germany Fredensborg, Denmark Håbo, Sweden Hamina, Finland Havířov, Czech Republic Jämijärvi, Finland Mažeikiai, Lithuania Pereiaslav, Ukraine Saldus, Latvia Westminster, United States
Gran, Norway Helsingborg, Sweden Jelgava, Latvia Ocean City, United States Oskarshamn, Sweden Portsmouth, United States Šiauliai, Lithuania Siófok, Hungary Sochi, Russia Södertälje, Sweden Vaasa, Finland
Alajärvi, Finland Ostrów Mazowiecka (rural gmina), Poland Rundāle, Latvia Pakruojis, Lithuania Uggiate-Trevano, Italy
Kokemäki, Finland Mänttä-Vilppula, Finland Skrunda, Latvia Sollefteå, Sweden
Põlva is a member of the Charter of European Rural Communities, a town twinning association across the European Union.[30] Põlva also has three other twin towns.[31][32]
Charter of European Rural Communities
Bienvenida, Spain Bièvre, Belgium Bucine, Italy Cashel, Ireland Cissé, France Desborough, England, United Kingdom Esch (Haaren), Netherlands Hepstedt, Germany Ibănești, Romania Kandava, Latvia Kannus, Finland Kolindros, Greece Lassee, Austria Medzev, Slovakia Moravče, Slovenia Næstved, Denmark Nagycenk, Hungary Nadur, Malta Ockelbo, Sweden Pano Lefkara, Cyprus Samuel (Soure), Portugal Slivo Pole, Bulgaria Starý Poddvorov, Czech Republic Strzyżów, Poland Tisno, Croatia Troisvierges, Luxembourg Žagarė (Joniškis), Lithuania
Other
Balvi, Latvia Strugi Krasnye, Russia Ukmergė, Lithuania
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Cēsis, Latvia Lappeenranta, Finland Lapua, Finland Lütjenburg, Germany Sigtuna, Sweden Panevėžys, Lithuania Senaki, Georgia Szolnok, Hungary Vyshhorod, Ukraine
Braslaw, Belarus Kaiserslautern (district), Germany Nurmijärvi, Finland Raseiniai, Lithuania
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Inčukalns, Latvia Montemarciano, Italy Quincy-sous-Sénart, France Sollentuna, Sweden
Brovary, Ukraine Havre de Grace, United States Mstsislaw, Belarus Nekrasovsky District, Russia
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Bærum, Norway Deventer, Netherlands Frederiksberg, Denmark Hafnarfjörður, Iceland Hämeenlinna, Finland Kaunas, Lithuania Lüneburg, Germany Pskov, Russia Riga, Latvia Salisbury, United States Tampere, Finland Turku, Finland Uppsala, Sweden Veszprém, Hungary Zutphen, Netherlands
Jyväskylä, Finland
Türi is a member of the Douzelage, a town twinning association of towns across the European Union.[47] Türi also has several other twin towns.[48]
Douzelage
Agros, Cyprus Altea, Spain Asikkala, Finland Bad Kötzting, Germany Bellagio, Italy Bundoran, Ireland Chojna, Poland Granville, France Holstebro, Denmark Houffalize, Belgium Judenburg, Austria Kőszeg, Hungary Marsaskala, Malta Meerssen, Netherlands Niederanven, Luxembourg Oxelösund, Sweden Preveza, Greece Rokiškis, Lithuania Rovinj, Croatia Sesimbra, Portugal Sherborne, England, United Kingdom Sigulda, Latvia Siret, Romania Škofja Loka, Slovenia Sušice, Czech Republic Tryavna, Bulgaria Zvolen, Slovakia
Other
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Hausjärvi, Finland Sirdal, Norway Sonkajärvi, Finland
Durbuy, Belgium Kobuleti, Georgia Kobylnica, Poland Kościelisko, Poland Marijampolė, Lithuania Oakland, United States Orimattila, Finland Östhammar, Sweden Tvrdošín, Slovakia Valka, Latvia
Ahrensburg, Germany Cumberland, United States Eslöv, Sweden Frostburg, United States Härnösand, Sweden Kretinga, Lithuania Porvoo, Finland Telavi, Georgia Ternopil, Ukraine Valmiera, Latvia
Ljusdal, Sweden Panevėžys District Municipality, Lithuania Tuusula, Finland
Akmenė, Lithuania Dobele, Latvia Comrat, Moldova Criuleni District, Moldova Karvia, Finland
Alūksne, Latvia Bad Segeberg, Germany Chambray-lès-Tours, France Härryda, Sweden Iisalmi, Finland Joniškis, Lithuania Kaniv, Ukraine Laitila, Finland Landskrona, Sweden Pechorsky District, Russia Smolyan, Bulgaria Suwałki, Poland
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