Kallaste
Town in Estonia
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Kallaste is a town in Peipsiääre Parish, Tartu County, in eastern Estonia.[1] It is located on the western shore of Lake Peipus.
Kallaste | |
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Street in Kallaste | |
  Kallaste Location in Estonia | |
| Coordinates: 58°39′55″N 27°9′44″E | |
| Country | Estonia |
| County | Tartu County |
| Municipality | Peipsiääre Parish |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.9 km2 (0.73 sq mi) |
| Population (2024) | |
• Total | 651 |
| • Rank | 47th |
| • Density | 340/km2 (890/sq mi) |
History
Kallaste was founded in the 18th century as a village of Russian Old Believers. It became a small borough (alevik) in 1921 and a town 1 May 1938.
Demographics
| Ethnicity | 1922[2] | 1934[3] | 1941[4] | 1959[5] | 1970[6] | 1979[7] | 1989[7] | 2000[8] | 2011[9] | 2021[10] | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| amount | % | amount | % | amount | % | amount | % | amount | % | amount | % | amount | % | amount | % | amount | % | amount | % | |
| Estonians | 201 | 12.4 | 189 | 11.8 | 163 | 15.0 | 359 | 21.5 | 405 | 25.2 | 343 | 24.0 | 268 | 19.7 | 256 | 21.1 | 132 | 15.5 | 135 | 19.9 |
| Russians | 1424 | 87.5 | 1412 | 88.0 | 923 | 84.7 | - | - | 1140 | 71.1 | 1013 | 70.8 | 1005 | 73.8 | 883 | 72.9 | - | - | 496 | 72.9 |
| Ukrainians | - | - | 0 | 0.00 | - | - | - | - | 7 | 0.44 | 19 | 1.33 | 23 | 1.69 | - | - | - | - | 17 | 2.50 |
| Belarusians | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 0.44 | 12 | 0.84 | 13 | 0.96 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 0.88 |
| Finns | - | - | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | - | - | 9 | 0.56 | 6 | 0.42 | 8 | 0.59 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 0.59 |
| Jews | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | - | - | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.07 | 1 | 0.07 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 0.44 |
| Latvians | - | - | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | - | - | 1 | 0.06 | 1 | 0.07 | 2 | 0.15 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0.00 |
| Germans | 1 | 0.06 | 4 | 0.25 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 0.42 | 3 | 0.22 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 0.44 |
| Tatars | - | - | 0 | 0.00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0.14 | 6 | 0.44 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0.00 |
| Poles | - | - | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0.00 |
| Lithuanians | - | - | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | - | - | 1 | 0.06 | 1 | 0.07 | 1 | 0.07 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 0.88 |
| unknown | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.18 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | - | - | 3 | 0.44 |
| other | 1 | 0.06 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.18 | 1309 | 78.5 | 34 | 2.12 | 27 | 1.89 | 31 | 2.28 | 72 | 5.95 | 720 | 84.5 | 18 | 2.65 |
| Total | 1627 | 100 | 1605 | 100 | 1090 | 100 | 1668 | 100 | 1604 | 100 | 1431 | 100 | 1361 | 100 | 1211 | 100 | 852 | 100 | 680 | 101.6 |
Gallery
Aerial view in winter
Bank in Kallaste
Orthodox church
School
Soviet World War II memorial
