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Nõmme is one of the 8 administrative districts of Tallinn

Tallinn

Tallinn is the capital and largest city of Estonia. It occupies an area of with a population of 414,940. It is situated on the northern coast of the country, on the banks of the Gulf of Finland, south of Helsinki, east of Stockholm and west of Saint Petersburg. Tallinn's Old Town is in the list...

, the capital of Estonia

Estonia

Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...

. It has a population of 38,168 (as of 1 March 2010) and covers an area of 28 km² (10.8 sq mi), population density is . The district mostly consists of older private houses and is sometimes known as the "forest city."

History

Nõmme was founded by Nikolai von Glehn, the owner of Jälgimäe

Jälgimäe

Jälgimäe is a village in Saku Parish, Harju County in northern Estonia....

Manor, in 1878 as a summerhouse district. The development started around the railway station. In 1926 it was granted town rights, but in the beginning of the Soviet occupation (1940), it was unified to Tallinn and remains a part of Tallinn today.

Geography

Nõmme is divided into 10 subdistricts : Hiiu

Hiiu

Hiiu is a subdistrict in the district of Nõmme, Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It covers an area of and has a population of 3,903 , population density is ....

, Kivimäe

Kivimäe, Tallinn

Kivimäe is a subdistrict in the district of Nõmme, Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It covers an area of and has a population of 4,815 , population density is .Kivimäe has a station on the Elektriraudtee western route.-References:...

, Laagri

Laagri, Tallinn

Laagri is a subdistrict in the district of Nõmme, Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It covers an area of and has a population of 894 , population density is .Laagri has a station on the Elektriraudtee western route.-References:...

, Liiva

Liiva, Tallinn

Liiva is a subdistrict in the district of Nõmme, Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It covers an area of and has a population of 1,303 , population density is .Liiva has a station on the Edelaraudtee's western route.Liiva cemetery is situated in Liiva....

, Männiku

Männiku, Tallinn

Männiku is a subdistrict in the district of Nõmme, Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It covers an area of and has a population of 6,095 , population density is .-References:...

, Nõmme

Nõmme (subdistrict)

Nõmme is a subdistrict in the district of Nõmme, Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It covers an area of and has a population of 6,120 , population density is ....

, Pääsküla

Pääsküla

Pääsküla is a subdistrict in the district of Nõmme, Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It covers an area of and has a population of 9,477 , population density is .Pääsküla has a station on the Elektriraudtee western route.-References:...

, Rahumäe

Rahumäe

Rahumäe is a subdistrict in the district of Nõmme, Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It covers an area of and has a population of 3,014 , population density is .Rahumäe has a station on the Elektriraudtee western route....

, Raudalu

Raudalu

Raudalu is a subdistrict in the district of Nõmme, Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It covers an area of and has a population of 726 , population density is .- References :...

, Vana-Mustamäe

Vana-Mustamäe

Vana-Mustamäe is a neighborhood of Nõmme in Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It has a population of 2,080 . It borders Hiiu and Pääsküla to the south, Nõmme to the southeast, Mustamäe to the northeast, Kadaka to the north, Astangu to the northwest, and Mäeküla to the west.-References:...

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There are 6 stations in Nõmme on the Elektriraudtee's western route: Rahumäe, Nõmme, Hiiu, Kivimäe, Pääsküla, Laagri. Plus there's a Liiva station on Edelaraudtee's western route.

History

Geography

See also