Saue is a town

Populated places in Estonia

Populated places in Estonia are settlements or territorial units within a municipality. Populated places have no administrative functions. A group of populated places form a rural municipality with local administration...

 in north-western 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...

. Administratively it constitutes a separate urban municipality

Municipalities of Estonia

A Municipality is the smallest administrative subdivision of Estonia. Each municipality is a unit of self-government with its representative and executive bodies. The municipalities in Estonia cover the entire territory of the country....

 in Harju County

Harju County

Harju County , or Harjumaa , nowadays one of 15 counties of Estonia. It is situated in northern Estonia, on the south coast of the Gulf of Finland, and borders Lääne-Viru County to the east, Järva County to the south-east, Rapla County to the south, and Lääne County to the south-west.528,468 people...

.

The territory of Saue is 3.5 square kilometres (1.4 sq mi) and population

Population

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 about 5,600. Closest centres are 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...

 (18 km (11.2 mi)), Keila

Keila

Keila is a town and an urban municipality in Harju County in north-western Estonia. It is also the administrative centre of the surrounding rural municipality – Keila Parish.-History:...

 (7 km (4 mi)), Saku

Saku, Estonia

Saku is a small borough in Harju County, Estonia, located 16 km south from Tallinn, the capital. It is the administrative centre of Saku Parish...

 (7 km) and Laagri

Laagri

Laagri is a small borough in Harju County, northern Estonia. It is the administrative centre of Saue Parish. Laagri has a population of 4,587 .-External links:*...

 (7 km).

Geography

Saue is located at a very favourable position near 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 lures a lot of moderately wealthy people who like the balance between the small town and big city atmosphere. While Saue is close to nature, it still provides the kinds of entertainment, jobs, and other big city amenities that 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...

 has to offer.

History

• At some point Saue Manor was founded
• 1920 – Garden suburb started to arise,
• 1960 – Saue garden suburb was united with 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...
  
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• 1973 – Saue garden suburb was renamed to Saue village,
• 1993 – Saue village was renamed to Saue town,
• 1994 – Saue was separated from 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...
  
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Population

93% of the people living in Saue are ethnic Estonians

Estonians

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. The average age of people is 35. Over the years, the census of the population has shown that the population is slowly growing. In 1959 there were 1,088 people living in Saue, by 1970 it had increased to 1,979. In 1979 it was 3,293, in 1989 the population was 4,395, in 1995 it was 4,492 and finally, by 2000, the population was 4,996.

Economy

In Saue there is 1.3 square kilometre (0.501932806170296 sq mi) of private plots (average size of a plot is about 700 m² (837.2 sq yd)) – 1015 plots, about 0.35 km² (0.135135755507387 sq mi) of communal buildings, garages etc., 0.25 km² (0.0965255396481338 sq mi) of industrial areas, Streets and roads about 0.3 km² (0.115830647577761 sq mi) (there are 62 streets in Saue – about 21 km (13 mi)), about 1.12 km² (0.432434417623639 sq mi) of forests, parks etc. and about 0.15 km² (0.0579153237888803 sq mi) of fields.

Transport

Saue has a station on the Elektriraudtee rail line, as well as bus connections and fixed-route taxis.