Narva-Jõesuu () is an urban

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, in

Ida-Viru County Ida-Viru County ( or ; ) is one of the 15 counties of Estonia. It is the most northeastern 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 ...

. It comprises the town of

Narva-Jõesuu Narva-Jõesuu is a seaside resort town in northeast Estonia. It is located by the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, on the west bank of the Narva River, which forms the Estonia–Russia international border. Narva-Jõesuu marks the northea ...

, settlements of the former parish of Vaivara, and two former distant

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s (the

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mining settlements Sirgala and Viivikonna) of the urban municipality of

Kohtla-Järve Kohtla-Järve () is a city and Municipalities of Estonia, 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 ...

. The municipality surrounds two exclave

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districts) of the city of

Narva Narva is a municipality and city in Estonia. It is located in the Ida-Viru County, at the Extreme points of Estonia, eastern extreme point of Estonia, on the west bank of the Narva (river), Narva river which forms the Estonia–Russia border, E ...

, Olgina and Kudruküla, both of which share their names with an adjacent village in Narva-Jõesuu municipality.

Settlements

;town *

;boroughs * Sinimäe – Olgina ;villages * Arumäe – Auvere – Hiiemetsa – Hundinurga – Laagna – Kudruküla – Meriküla – Mustanina – Peeterristi – Perjatsi – Pimestiku – Puhkova – Sirgala – Soldina – Sõtke– Tõrvajõe – Udria – Vaivara – Viivikonna – Vodava.

Symbols

Narva-Jõesuu's flag and coat of arms were designed and approved in the mid-1990s by the chairman of the local government Pavel Grigorjev. The gold strips of land on the image symbolise Estonian and Russian coasts on both sides along the Narva River and the blue area symbolises its iconic mouth.

Twinnings

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, Finland *

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, Russia

References

External links

* Ida-Viru County Municipalities of Estonia Narva-Jõesuu (urban municipality) {{Ida-Viru-geo-stub