Vaivara Parish
Encyclopedia
Vaivara Parish is a municipality of Ida-Viru County
in northern Estonia
. It has a population of 1,800 (2008) and an area of 397.97 km².
Olgina
(552 inhabitants), Sinimäe
(430 inhabitants)
Villages:
Arumäe
, Auvere
, Hiiemetsa
, Hundinurga
, Laagna
, Kudruküla
, Meriküla
, Mustanina
, Peeterristi
, Perjatsi
, Pimestiku
, Puhkova
, Soldina
, Sõtke
, Tõrvajõe
, Udria, Vaivara
, Vodava
Ida-Viru County
Ida-Viru County , 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. As oil shale is used in thermal power plants, the earth in Ida-Viru literally holds the largest...
in northern Estonia
Estonia
Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...
. It has a population of 1,800 (2008) and an area of 397.97 km².
Settlements
Small boroughs:Olgina
Olgina
Olgina is a small borough in Vaivara Parish, Ida-Viru County in northeastern Estonia....
(552 inhabitants), Sinimäe
Sinimäe
Sinimäe is a village in Vaivara Parish, Ida-Viru County in northeastern Estonia. Pop. 430.-See also:*Sinimäed Hills*Battle of Tannenberg Line...
(430 inhabitants)
Villages:
Arumäe
Arumäe
Arumäe is a village in Vaivara Parish, Ida-Viru County in northeastern Estonia....
, Auvere
Auvere
-See also:*Battle of Auvere...
, Hiiemetsa
Hiiemetsa
Hiiemetsa is a village in Vaivara Parish, Ida-Viru County in northeastern Estonia....
, Hundinurga
Hundinurga
Hundinurga is a village in Vaivara Parish, Ida-Viru County in northeastern Estonia....
, Laagna
Laagna
Laagna is a subdistrict in the district of Lasnamäe, Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It has a population of 24,272 .-References:...
, Kudruküla
Kudruküla
Kudruküla is a village in Vaivara Parish, Ida-Viru County in northeastern Estonia....
, Meriküla
Meriküla
Meriküla is a village in Vaivara Parish, Ida-Viru County in northeastern Estonia....
, Mustanina
Mustanina
Mustanina is a village in Vaivara Parish, Ida-Viru County in northeastern Estonia....
, Peeterristi
Peeterristi
Peeterristi is a village in Vaivara Parish, Ida-Viru County in northeastern Estonia....
, Perjatsi
Perjatsi
Perjatsi is a village in Vaivara Parish, Ida-Viru County in northeastern Estonia....
, Pimestiku
Pimestiku
Pimestiku is a village in Vaivara Parish, Ida-Viru County in northeastern Estonia....
, Puhkova
Puhkova
Puhkova is a village in Vaivara Parish, Ida-Viru County in northeastern Estonia....
, Soldina
Soldina
Soldina is a village in Vaivara Parish, Ida-Viru County in northeastern Estonia....
, Sõtke
Sõtke, Ida-Viru County
Sõtke is a village in Vaivara Parish, Ida-Viru County in northeastern Estonia....
, Tõrvajõe
Tõrvajõe
Tõrvajõe is a village in Vaivara Parish, Ida-Viru County in northeastern Estonia....
, Udria, Vaivara
Vaivara
Vaivara concentration camp was the largest of the 22 concentration and labor camps established in Estonia by the Nazi regime during World War II. It had 20,000 Jewish prisoners pass through its gates, mostly from the Vilna and Kovno Ghettos, but also from Latvia, Poland, Hungary and the...
, Vodava
Vodava
Vodava is a village in Vaivara Parish, Ida-Viru County in northeastern Estonia....
See also
- Blue MountainsBlue Mountains (Estonia)The Sinimäed Hills are three linked hills in northeastern Estonia. The heights which are aligned west-east, consist of Tornimägi, Põrguaugu mägi and Pargimägi...
- Battle of Narva - Battle of the Tannenbergstellung (1944)Battle of Narva - Battle of the Tannenbergstellung (1944)This is a sub-article to Battle of Narva.The Battle of Tannenberg Line was a military engagement between the German Army Detachment "Narwa" and the Soviet Leningrad Front fought for the strategically important Narva Isthmus from 25 July to 10 August 1944. The battle was fought on the Eastern Front...
- Vaivara concentration camp
- Sirgala training areaSirgala training areaSirgala training area is one of the six military training fields used by the Estonian Defence Forces. It is located in Vaivara Parish, Ida-Viru County, and covers approximately .- Establishment :...