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Roodu
Roodu is a village in Toila Parish, Ida-Viru County in northeastern Estonia. (retrieved 28 July 2021) Before the 2017 Administrative Reform, the village belonged to Kohtla Parish Kohtla Parish ( et, Kohtla vald) was an Estonian municipality located in Ida-Viru County. It has a population of 1640 (2014) and an area of 101 km². Villages Amula, Järve, Kaasikaia, Kaasikvälja, Kabelimetsa, Kohtla, Kukruse, Mõisam .... References Villages in Ida-Viru County Kreis Wierland {{IdaViru-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aa, Estonia
Aa is a village in northern Estonia, on the southern coast of the Gulf of Finland in the eastern part of the Lüganuse Parish of Ida-Viru County, from Lüganuse. (retrieved 28 July 2021) Part of the village, including the Aa manor house, is situated on the North Estonian limestone bank. According to the 2000 census, the population of Aa was 190. According to the 1967 census, the population of Aa village along with Aa settlement () was 267. History The first written record of Aa dates back to a 1241 Danish census ('' Liber Census Daniae'') where its name was listed as ''Hazæ''. Later it was known also by its German name ''Haakhof''. The village was located on the territory of the historical Lüganuse Parish of the county of Virumaa. Sights The Aa manor house (first built 1426–1487) now houses a home for aged people. Other noteworthy sights in Aa include a former garden pavilion (now chapel), the manor park (''Aa park'', 65,000 m2 nature protection area), a pine grove, y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vitsiku
Vitsiku is a village in Toila Parish, Ida-Viru County in northeastern Estonia. (retrieved 28 July 2021) Before the 2017 Administrative Reform, the village belonged to Kohtla Parish Kohtla Parish ( et, Kohtla vald) was an Estonian municipality located in Ida-Viru County. It has a population of 1640 (2014) and an area of 101 km². Villages Amula, Järve, Kaasikaia, Kaasikvälja, Kabelimetsa, Kohtla, Kukruse, Mõisam .... References Villages in Ida-Viru County {{IdaViru-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kohtla Parish
Kohtla Parish ( et, Kohtla vald) was an Estonian municipality located in Ida-Viru County. It has a population of 1640 (2014) and an area of 101 km². Villages Amula, Järve, Kaasikaia, Kaasikvälja, Kabelimetsa, Kohtla, Kukruse, Mõisamaa, Ontika, Paate, Peeri, Roodu, Saka, Servaääre, Täkumetsa, Valaste Valaste is a village in Toila Parish, Ida-Viru County in northeastern Estonia. (retrieved 28 July 2021) Its German name was ''Wallast.'' The village is home to Estonia's highest waterfall, Valaste Waterfall. Before the 2017 Administrative Reform ..., Vitsiku. References External links Official website Former municipalities of Estonia {{IdaViru-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aidu-Nõmme
Aidu-Nõmme is a village in Lüganuse Parish, Ida-Viru County in northeastern Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and t .... References Villages in Ida-Viru County Lüganuse Parish {{IdaViru-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aidu-Liiva
Aidu-Liiva is a village in Lüganuse Parish, Ida-Viru County in northeastern Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and t .... References Villages in Ida-Viru County Lüganuse Parish {{IdaViru-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kohtla-Nõmme
Kohtla-Nõmme is a borough ( et, alev) in Toila Parish, in Ida-Viru County, in northeastern Estonia. It had a population of 1,047 (as of 1 January 2009) and an area of 4.64 km². In 1930s New Consolidated Gold Fields opened a shale oil extraction complex at Kohtla-Nõmme. In 1937, the company opened the Kohtla underground mine. After the occupation of Estonia by the Soviet Union, the company was nationalized in 1940. The Kohtla-Nõmme shale oil extraction complex continued to operate until 1961. The underground mine stayed operational until 2001. After that the Estonian Mining Museum was opened at the site. Kohtla vana jaamahoone.jpg, Kohtla railway station that was destroyed in WWII Kohtla kaevandus 94 (03).jpg, Kohtla Mine in 1994 Eesti Kaevandusmuuseum. Väliekspositsioon.jpg, 360° panorama of the Estonian Mining Museum See also *New Consolidated Gold Fields New Consolidated Gold Fields Ltd Estonian Branch (commonly known as Goldfields) was an oil shale compa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kohtla-Järve
Kohtla-Järve is a city and municipality in northeastern Estonia, founded in 1924 and incorporated as a town in 1946. The city is highly industrial, and is both a processor of oil shales and is a large producer of various petrochemical products. During the 1944–1991 Soviet occupation, large numbers of immigrant workers from Russia and other parts of the former USSR were brought in to populate the rapidly growing city. The population in the Kohtla-Järve area which had been, as of 1934 census, over 90% ethnic Estonian, became overwhelmingly non-Estonian in the second half of the 20th century. According to more recent data (as of 2006) 21% of the city's population are ethnic Estonians; most of the rest are Russians. Kohtla-Järve is the fifth-largest city in Estonia in terms of population. Kohtla-Järve is unusual among the municipalities of Estonia due to its territory being made of several discontiguous parts. The two main parts, Järve (Kohtla-Järve proper) and Ahtme, bot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Counties Of Estonia
Counties ( et, maakond, plural ') are the first-level administrative subdivisions of Estonia. Estonian territory is composed of 15 counties, including 13 on the mainland and 2 on islands. The government (') of each county is led by a ' (governor) who represents the national government (') at the regional level. Governors are appointed by the national government for a term of five years. Each county is further divided into municipalities of two types: urban municipalities (towns, ') and rural municipalities (parishes, '). The number and name of the counties were not affected. However, their borders were changed by the administrative reform at the municipal elections Sunday 15 October 2017, which brought the number of municipalities down from 213 to 79. List Population figures as of 1 January 2021. The sum total of the figures in the table is 42,644 km2, of which the land area is 42,388 km2, so that 256 km2 of water is included in the figures. History In the fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lüganuse Parish
Lüganuse Parish () is a municipality of Ida-Viru County in northern Estonia. As of 1 January 2015, it had a population of 2,941. In October 2013, the neighbouring Maidla Parish and the town of Püssi were merged into Lüganuse Parish. Settlements ;Towns Kiviõli, Püssi ;Small boroughs: Erra, Lüganuse, Sonda ;Villages: Aa, Aidu, Aidu-Liiva, Aidu-Nõmme, Aidu-Sooküla, Aruküla, Arupäälse, Aruvälja, Erra-Liiva, Hirmuse, Ilmaste, Irvala, Jabara, Koljala, Koolma, Kopli, Kulja, Liimala, Lipu, Lohkuse, Lümatu, Maidla, Matka, Mehide, Moldova, Mustmätta, Nüri, Oandu, Ojamaa, Piilse, Purtse, Rebu, Rääsa, Salaküla, Satsu, Savala, Sirtsi, Soonurme, Tarumaa, Uljaste, Uniküla, Vainu, Vana-Sonda, Varinurme, Varja, Veneoja, Virunurme Virunurme is a village in Lüganuse Parish, Ida-Viru County Ida-Viru County ( et, Ida-Viru maakond or ''Ida-Virumaa'') is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It is the most north-eastern part of the country. The count ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ida-Viru County
Ida-Viru County ( et, Ida-Viru maakond or ''Ida-Virumaa'') is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It is the most north-eastern part of the country. The county contains large deposits of oil shale - the main mineral mined in Estonia. Oil shale is used in the production of shale oil and in thermal power plants. The capital of the county is the town of Jõhvi which is administratively united with the Jõhvi Parish; nevertheless, Narva is the largest town in the county in terms of population and at the same time the third largest city in Estonia after Tallinn and Tartu. In January 2019 Ida-Viru County had a population of 136,240 – constituting 10.3% of the total population in Estonia. It borders Lääne-Viru County in the west, Jõgeva County in the southwest and Russia (Leningrad Oblast) in the east. It is the only county in Estonia where Russians constitute the majority of population (73.1% in 2010), the second highest being Harju (28%). History During the latter part of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 Administrative Reform In Estonia
Administrative reform in Estonia ( et, Eesti omavalitsuste haldusreform) was administrative reform which took place in 2017 and resulting in new administrative units in Estonia. In general, old units incorporated voluntarily, but in some cases incorporations were forced by state powers. After the reform, there are 79 administrative units (before 2017 there were 213): 15 urban and 64 rural municipalities. Eesti kohalike omavalitsuste loetelu, 01.01.2019 seisuga 185 municipalities merged to form 51 new ones, and 28 municipalities did not merge. Old and new administrative units |
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