Saue /

Saue is a town in north-western Estonia. Administratively it constitutes a separate urban municipality in Harju County. The territory of Saue is 3.50 square kilometres (1.35 sq mi) and population about 5,600. Closest centres are Tallinn (18 km/11 mi), Keila (7 km/4 mi), Saku (7 km) and Laagri (7 km). Saue is located at a very favourable position near Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It lures a lot of moderately wealthy people who like the balance between the small town and big city atmosphere. While Saue is close to nature, it still provides the kinds of entertainment, jobs, and other big city amenities that Tallinn has to offer. 93% of the people living in Saue are ethnic Estonians. The average age of people is 35. Over the years, the census of the population has shown that the population is slowly growing. In 1959 there were 1,088 people living in Saue, by 1970 it had increased to 1,979. In 1979 it was 3,293, in 1989 the population was 4,395, in 1995 it was 4,492 and finally, by 2000, the population was 4,996. In Saue there is 1.30 square kilometres (0.50 sq mi) of private plots (average size of a plot is about 700 m/7,500 sq ft) – 1015 plots, about 0.35 km (0.14 sq mi) of