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Kuressaare

town on Saaremaa island in Estonia
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Summary

Kuressaare is a city[1]. Kuressaare draws 1,347 Wikipedia views per month (city category, ranking #590 of 5,534).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Saaremaa Rural Municipality[3]
  • Country: Estonia[4]
  • Official language: Estonian[5]
  • Postal code: 93813[6]
  • Commons category: Kuressaare[7]
  • Licence plate code: K[8]
  • Patron saint: John the Evangelist[9]
  • Local dialing code: 45[10]
  • Inception: 1154[11]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Kuressaare[12]
  • Commons gallery: Kuressaare[13]
  • Population: 14,925[14], 13,166[15], 13,152[16], 13,009[17], 13,449[18], 13,382[19], 13,276[20], 13,097[21], 12,933[22], 13,034[23], 13,197[24], 13,185[25]
  • Time of earliest written record: 1381[26]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[27], Sytin Military Encyclopedia[28], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[29], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[30], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[31], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[32], Otto's encyclopedia[33], Geographical statistical dictionary of the Russian Empire[34]
  • Capital of: Saare County[35], Saaremaa Rural Municipality[36]
  • Official name: Kuressaare[37]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Kuressaare[38]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Kuressaare[39]
  • Native label: Kuressaare[40]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Kuressaare[41]
  • Area: 15.53 km²[42]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Kuressaare[43]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Kuressaare include Kuressaare Airport[44], an airport[45], in Estonia[46].

Why It Matters

Kuressaare has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[47] Kuressaare is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[48]

Entities named for Kuressaare include Kuressaare Airport[44], an airport[45], in Estonia[46].

Related Entities

Estonia John the Evangelist Louis Kahn Ole Golubyatnikov Ott Tänak Skövde Municipality

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . riigiteataja.ee. Retrieved . riigiteataja.ee. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . 2000 Population and Housing Census. Retrieved . andmed.stat.ee. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . 2011 Population and Housing Census. Retrieved . pub.stat.ee. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Statistical Database of Statistics Estonia. Retrieved . pub.stat.ee. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Statistical Database of Statistics Estonia. Retrieved . pub.stat.ee. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Statistical Database of Statistics Estonia. Retrieved . pub.stat.ee. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Statistical Database of Statistics Estonia. Retrieved . pub.stat.ee. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Statistical Database of Statistics Estonia. Retrieved . pub.stat.ee. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Statistical Database of Statistics Estonia. Retrieved . estat.stat.ee. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Statistical Database of Statistics Estonia. Retrieved . estat.stat.ee. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Statistical Database of Statistics Estonia. Retrieved . andmed.stat.ee. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Statistical Database of Statistics Estonia. Retrieved . andmed.stat.ee. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Statistical Database of Statistics Estonia. Retrieved . andmed.stat.ee. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . geoportaal.maaamet.ee. Retrieved . geoportaal.maaamet.ee. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [45] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [46] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [47] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [48] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Obscuraa · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 84
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'an', 'ar', 'az', 'ba', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'ca', 'ceb', 'commons', '
    Described by source → Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Sytin Military Encyclopedia, Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron +7
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Described by source: Geographical statistical dictionary of the Russian Empire"
  2. 8w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Category of associated people → Category:People from Kuressaare
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Kuressaare City, Saaremaa Rural Municipality, Ösel County +1
    Inception → —
    Dewey decimal classification → 2--4798
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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