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Järve, Toila Parish
Järve is a village in Toila Parish, Ida-Viru County in northeastern Estonia. (retrieved 28 July 2021) Before the 2017 Administrative Reform, the Järve was the administrative centre of Kohtla Parish Kohtla Parish () 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, .... References Villages in Ida-Viru County Kreis Wierland {{IdaViru-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Counties Of Estonia
The counties of Estonia () are the state administrative subdivisions of Estonia. Estonian territory is composed of 15 counties, including 13 on the mainland and 2 on islands. County governments () were abolished at the end of 2017, with their duties split between state authorities and local governments, and nowadays counties have no noteworthy independent competences. Counties are composed of Municipalities of Estonia, municipalities of two types: urban municipalities or towns (), and rural municipalities or parishes (), which are by law required to cooperate in development of their county. List As of 2023, the sum total of the figures in the table below 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 first centuries AD, political and administrative subdivisions began to emerge in Estonia. Two larger subdivisions appeared: the parish (kihelkond) and the county (maakond). The parish consisted of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 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 the period of Soviet rule of Esto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toila Parish
Toila Parish () is an Estonian municipality located in Ida-Viru County. It has a population of 4,735 (2019) and an area of 266 km². History Toila Parish was formed in the course of the 2017 administrative reform of Estonian municipalities by the merger of Kohtla-Nõmme Parish, the former Toila Rural Municipality and Kohtla Rural Municipality. Originally, it was also planned to join Jõhvi municipality. At the end of 2022, the municipalities of Toila and Jõhvi started accession talks again. Settlements Toila Parish has one borough (Kohtla-Nõmme), two small boroughs ( Toila and Voka), and 27 villages. Villages Altküla - Amula - Järve - Kaasikaia - Kaasikvälja - Kabelimetsa - Kohtla - Kohtla-Uueküla - Konju - Kukruse - Martsa - Metsamägara - Mõisamaa - Ontika - Paate - Päite - Peeri - Pühajõe - Roodu - Saka - Servaääre - Täkumetsa - Uikala - Vaivina - Valaste - Vitsiku - Voka The Vlaams Economisch Verbond (VEV) is a Flemish employe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastern European Time
Eastern European Time (EET) is one of the names of UTC+02:00 time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. The zone uses daylight saving time, so that it uses UTC+03:00 during the summer. A number of African countries use UTC+02:00 all year long, where it is called Central Africa Time (CAT), although Egypt and Libya also use the term ''Eastern European Time''. The most populous city in the Eastern European Time zone is Cairo, with the most populous EET city in Europe being Kyiv. Usage The following countries, parts of countries, and territories use Eastern European Time all year round: * Kaliningrad Oblast (Russia), since 26 October 2014; also used EET in the years 1945 and 1991–2011. See also Kaliningrad Time. * Libya, since 27 October 2013; switched from Central European Time, which was used in 2012. Used year-round EET from 1980 to 1981, 1990–1996 and 1998–2012. The following countries, parts of countries, and territories use Eastern European ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastern European Summer Time
Eastern European Summer Time (EEST) is one of the names of the UTC+03:00 time zone, which is 3 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. It is used as a summer daylight saving time in some European and Middle Eastern countries, which makes it the same as Arabia Standard Time, East Africa Time, and Moscow Time. During the winter periods, Eastern European Time ( UTC+02:00) is used. Since 1996, European Summer Time has been applied from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October. Previously, the rules were not uniform across the European Union. Usage The following countries and territories use Eastern European Summer Time during the summer: * Belarus, Moscow Summer Time in years 1981–89, regular EEST from 1991-2011 * Bulgaria, regular EEST since 1979 * Cyprus, regular EEST since 1979 ( Northern Cyprus stopped using EEST in September 2016, but returned to EEST in March 2018) * Egypt, in the years 1988–2010, 2014–2015 and since 2023 (see also Egypt Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estonia
Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Russia. The territory of Estonia consists of the mainland, the larger islands of Saaremaa and Hiiumaa, and over 2,300 other islands and islets on the east coast of the Baltic Sea. Its capital Tallinn and Tartu are the two largest List of cities and towns in Estonia, urban areas. The Estonian language is the official language and the first language of the Estonians, majority of its population of nearly 1.4 million. Estonia is one of the least populous members of the European Union and NATO. Present-day Estonia has been inhabited since at least 9,000 BC. The Ancient Estonia#Early Middle Ages, medieval indigenous population of Estonia was one of the last pagan civilisations in Europe to adopt Christianity following the Northern Crusades in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 Administrative Reform In Estonia
Administrative reform in Estonia () 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. 185 municipalities merged to form 51 new ones, and 28 municipalities did not merge. In the course of the administrative reform, the names of many villages were changed (most of them in Saare County and Võru County Võru County ( or ''Võrumaa''; ) is a county in southern Estonia. It is bordered by Valga and Põlva counties, Latvia's Alūksne and Ape municipalities, and Russia's Pskov Oblast (making it the only Estonian county to border two countries) ...) due to the same municipality being unable to have several villages with the same name. In total, 50 villages had their names changed and 9 villages disap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kohtla Parish
Kohtla Parish () 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 The Saka, Old Chinese, old , Pinyin, mod. , ), Shaka (Sanskrit (Brāhmī): , , ; Sanskrit (Devanāgarī): , ), or Sacae (Ancient Greek: ; Latin: were a group of nomadic Iranian peoples, Eastern Iranian peoples who lived in the Eurasian ..., Servaääre, Täkumetsa, Valaste, Vitsiku. References External links Official website Former municipalities of Estonia {{IdaViru-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amula, Estonia
Amula 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 () 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, .... References Villages in Ida-Viru County Kreis Wierland {{IdaViru-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paate
Paate () 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 () 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, .... References Villages in Ida-Viru County Kreis Wierland {{IdaViru-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kukruse, Kohtla-Järve
Kukruse is an exclave district of the town of Kohtla-Järve, Estonia. File:Kukruse 2007.jpg, left, Tallinn Health Care College's Kohtla-Järve department References {{Idaviru-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 various petrochemical products. During the 1944–1991 Soviet occupation, large numbers of immigrant workers from Russia and other parts of the Soviet Union, 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, Jä ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
