Sinimäe is a small borough in Narva-Jõesuu municipality,

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 ...

in northeastern

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. At the 2011 Census, the settlement's population was 319, of which the

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were 100 (31.3%). Prior to the 2017 administrative reform of local governments, it was located in

Vaivara Parish Vaivara Parish is a former municipality of Ida-Viru County in northern Estonia. It had a population of 1,800 (2008) and an area of 397.97 km². Vaivara Parish was abolished in 2017 and its territory became a part of Narva-Jõesuu Narva ...

. Before 1977, Sinimäe was regarded as a village. In September 1944, the village was destroyed during a fierce battle between the Red Army and its opponents including Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS troops.

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Villages in Ida-Viru County Boroughs and small boroughs in Estonia Kreis Wierland {{IdaViru-geo-stub

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