Editing Maardu (section)

{{Short description|Town in Harju County, Estonia}}
{{About|the town|village in Jõelähtme Parish|Maardu (village)}}
{{Expand language|topic=|langcode=et|otherarticle=Maardu|date=February 2025}}
{{More citations needed|date=June 2013}}

{{Infobox settlement
| name                    = Maardu
| settlement_type         = [[List of cities and towns in Estonia|Town]] 
| image_skyline           = Muuga.jpg
| imagesize               =
| image_caption           = Panorama of Maardu, [[Port of Muuga]] in the background. The [[Iru Power Plant]] is in the foreground.
| image_flag              = Flag of et-Maardu.svg
| flag_size               = 125px
| image_seal              =
| seal_size               =
| image_shield            = Maardu vapp.svg
| shield_size             = 75px
| image_blank_emblem      =
| blank_emblem_type       = <!-- defaults to Logo -->
| blank_emblem_size       =
| nickname                =
| motto                   =
| pushpin_map             = Estonia
| pushpin_label_position  = bottom
| pushpin_map_caption     = Location in Estonia
| coordinates             = {{coord|59|28|41|N|25|00|58|E|region:EE|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type        = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name        = {{flag|Estonia}}
| subdivision_type1       = [[Counties of Estonia|County]]
| subdivision_name1       = [[File:Flag of et-Harju maakond.svg|24px]] [[Harju County]]
| established_title       = <!-- First settled -->
| established_date        = 
| established_title1      = First mentioned
| established_date1       = 1241
| established_title2      = Borough rights
| established_date2       = 1951
| established_title3      = Town rights
| established_date3       = 1980<ref name="about"/>
| government_type         =
| leader_party            = [[Estonian Centre Party]]
| leader_title            = Mayor
| leader_name             = Vladimir Arhipov
| area_total_km2          = 22.76
| elevation_m             = 20
| population_total        = 17,017<ref name="population">{{cite web|url=https://andmed.stat.ee/et/stat/rahvaloendus__rel2021__rahvastiku_paiknemine__elukoht-ja-soo-vanusjaotus/RL21003/table/tableViewLayout2|title=Maardu linn, valik andmeid}}</ref>
| population_footnotes    = 
| population_as_of        = 2024
|population_rank          = [[List of cities and towns in Estonia|8th]]
| population_density_km2  = auto
| postal_code_type        = Postal code
| postal_code             = 74111
| website                 = [http://www.maardu.ee www.maardu.ee]
| iso_code                = EE-446
}}

'''Maardu''' ({{IPA|et|ˈmɑːrd̥u|lang}}, {{langx|de|Maart}}) is a [[Populated places in Estonia|town]] and a [[Municipalities of Estonia|municipality]] in [[Harju County]], [[Estonia]]. It is part of [[Tallinn]] [[metropolitan area]], located about {{convert|15|km}} east of the capital city.<ref name="about">{{cite web|url=https://maardu.ee/en/web/eng/anbout-maardu|title=About Maardu|publisher=Maardu Linnavalitsus|access-date=1 February 2023}}</ref> The town covers an area of 22.76&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> and has a population of 16,170 (as of 1 January 2021).<ref name=population />

The [[Port of Muuga]], the largest cargo port in Estonia, is partly located in Maardu.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ts.ee/en/muuga-harbour/|title=Muuga Harbour|publisher=[[Port of Tallinn]]|access-date=25 September 2022}}</ref>

According to the 2000 Census, the population was 16,738. 61.7% were [[Russians]], 19.9% [[Estonians]], 6.6% [[Ukrainians]], 5.7% [[Belarusians]], 1.5% [[Tatars]]. The proportion of Estonians was one of the lowest (if not the lowest) in Central and Western Estonia.

Outside the town (in the village of [[Maardu (village)|Maardu]]), south of the road to Narva lies [[Maardu manor]], one of the oldest preserved [[Baroque architecture|baroque]] manor houses in Estonia. It traces its origins to 1389, but the current building dates from the 1660s with additions made in the 19th century. The landlord of the manor Herman Jensen Bohn in 1739 funded the printing of the first bible printed in Estonian.<ref>{{cite book | last = Sakk | first = Ivar | title = Estonian Manors - A Travelogue | publisher = Sakk & Sakk OÜ | year = 2004 | location = Tallinn | page = 50 | isbn = 9949-10-117-4 }}</ref>