Mustvee
Sign in to saveMustvee is a town in Estonia. It lies on the west coast of Lake Peipus, and is administratively part of the Mustvee Parish in Jõgeva County. Ethnic Estonians and Russians both make up around half of its current population of approximately 1,600.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Mustvee
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Mustvee sadama kohalt vaadatuna 2022. aasta juulis.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Aerial view of Mustvee
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Estonia
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- left
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- Location in Estonia
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Estonia
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Jõgeva County
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Mustvee Parish
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 5.45
- Settlement.population_total
- 1153
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2024
- Settlement.population_rank
- 41st
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
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Mustvee is a town in Estonia. It lies on the west coast of Lake Peipus, and is administratively part of the Mustvee Parish in Jõgeva County. Ethnic Estonians and Russians both make up around half of its current population of approximately 1,600.
==Name== Mustvee was attested in historical sources as Mustut in 1493; as folwark Mostfersth alias Czarny, Mosthffer, and wioska Musth alias Czarne in 1599; and as Mustvett in 1601, among other variations. The name literally means 'black water', from must 'black' + vee (genitive of vesi 'water'). It is believed that *Mustvesi 'black water' was probably a parallel name for Lake Peipus. Another possibility is that 'black water' referred to a river rather than the lake. In Estonian toponyms, the final element vesi 'water' is infrequent, but it is found in the names of some Finnish lakes, such as Enonvesi and Toisvesi.