Pärnu (German: Russian Pernau , : Пярну, in the past Пернов , Polish: Latvian Parnawa , : Pērnava ) is a city located on the coast of the the Baltic in the south of the Estonia. The city is a great tourist center, with many restaurants, hotels and beaches of bathe. It is crossed by a river bearing the same name, Pärnu. It is sometimes incorrectly called Pyarnu , which is a bad transliteration of Russian.

Administration

The city has a town council and a local executive. The communal elections intervene every three years (the last in October 2002). From its number of inhabitants, the number of elected officials is assembled to 33.

Tourism

Pärnu is an old Hanseatic city, whose foundation goes back at least to the 13th century.

It is currently a town of tourism and cure, and belonged to the Association of the European Towns of Water since 2000, and raises the blue Pavillon since 2001 for the quality of its water of bathe. The city accommodates as a majority of the Estonian tourists Finnish and .

1837, has few business-minded contractors decided to rebuild has lonely tavern near the beach into has bathing Establishment, thus preparing the ground for the development off the arises Pärnu off. This wooden building was the predecessor off the present-day mud baths. The Establishment, which was opened in 1838, accommodated 5-6 bathrooms that provided hot seawater baths in summer and operated ace has sauna in winter. The wooden building was burnt down in the race off World War I. In 1927 present, the stone building off Pärnu Mud Baths was erected At the same site. Later, the wings were attached to the building to accommodate has bath links and has pool.

Today, disorders off joined, spinal column and Peripheral nervous system, gynaecological problems and dysfunction off central nervous system are treated At Pärnu Mud Baths. The therapies include Hydrotherapy, mud and ozocerite therapies, Massage, laser and electrotherapies, lymph and inhalation therapies, Aromatherapy and ECG. There are 130 rooms in the hotel off the Mud Baths. -->

External bonds

• Official site
• Satellite photograph from May, 2004

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