Pärnu (est)

Pärnu

Pärnu ranks 827th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Greenville, South Carolina, Morristown, New Jersey, and Hachiōji. Memorable people born in Pärnu include Georg Wilhelm Richmann, Friedrich Martens, and Jüri Tamm. Memorable people who died in Pärnu include Jindřich Matyáš Thurn. Pärnu has been the birth place of many soccer players, and athletes and the death place of many politicians. Pärnu is located in Estonia.

Pärnu is the fourth-largest city in Estonia. Situated in southwest Estonia, Pärnu is located 128 kilometres (80 mi) south of the Estonian capital, Tallinn, and 176 kilometres (109 mi) west of Estonia's second-largest city, Tartu. The city sits off the coast of Pärnu Bay, an inlet of the Gulf of Riga, which is a part of the Baltic Sea. In the city, the Pärnu River drains into the Gulf of Riga. Read more on Wikipedia