Toila Parish Toila vald | |
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 Toila Parish within Ida-Viru County. | |
| Country |  Estonia |
| County |  Ida-Viru County |
| Administrative centre | Toila |
| Area | |
| • Total | 266 km2 (103 sq mi) |
| Population (2019) | |
| • Total | 4,735 |
| • Density | 18/km2 (46/sq mi) |
| ISO 3166 code | EE-803 |
| Website | www.toila.ee |
Toila Parish (Estonian : Toila vald) is an Estonian municipality located in Ida-Viru County. [1] It has a population of 4,735 (2019) and an area of 266 km².
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.
Toila Parish has on borough Kohtla-Nõmme, 2 small boroughs Toila and Voka, and 27 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
A municipality is the smallest administrative subdivision of Estonia. Each municipality is a unit of self-government with its representative and executive bodies. The municipalities in Estonia cover the entire territory of the country.
Ida-Viru County 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.
Jõhvi is a town in northeastern Estonia, and the administrative centre of the Ida-Viru County and Jõhvi Parish. The town is situated about 50 km west of the Estonia–Russia international border.
Vaivara was the largest of the 22 concentration and labor camps established in occupied 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 Theresienstadt concentration camp. Vaivara was one of the last camps to be established. It existed from August 1943 to February 1944.
Kohtla-Nõmme is a borough in Toila Parish, in Ida-Viru County, in northeastern Estonia. It had a population of 1,047 and an area of 4.64 km².
Kohtla is a village in Toila Parish, Ida-Viru County in northeastern Estonia, located just south of the city of Kohtla-Järve and east of Kohtla-Nõmme borough. It has a population of 78.
Järve is a village in Toila Parish, Ida-Viru County in northeastern Estonia.
Kaasikaia is a village in Toila Parish, Ida-Viru County in northeastern Estonia.
Kukruse is a village in Toila Parish, Ida-Viru County in northeastern Estonia. It is located by the Tallinn–Narva road (E20), between the cities of Kohtla-Järve and Jõhvi. Adjacent to the village is a district of Kohtla-Järve sharing the same name, Kukruse.
Mõisamaa is a village in Toila Parish, Ida-Viru County in northeastern Estonia.
Ontika is a village in Toila Parish, Ida-Viru County in northeastern Estonia.
Peeri is a village in Toila Parish, Ida-Viru County in northeastern Estonia.
Servaääre is a village in Toila Parish, Ida-Viru County in northeastern Estonia.
Täkumetsa is a village in Toila Parish, Ida-Viru County in northeastern Estonia.
Valaste is a village in Toila Parish, Ida-Viru County in northeastern Estonia. Its German name was Wallast. The village is home to Estonia's highest waterfall, Valaste Waterfall.
Voka is a small borough in Toila Parish, Ida-Viru County in northeastern Estonia. As of 2011 Census, the settlement's population was 823, of which the Estonians were 687 (83.5%).
Saka is a village in Toila Parish, Ida-Viru County in northeastern Estonia.
Ahtme is a settlement in Ida-Viru County, Estonia with a population of around 18,000. It is administered as the second major district of the town of Kohtla-Järve, despite being separate from the central district of Järve and geographically closer to the independent town of Jõhvi, located directly to the north. Ahtme was an independent town from 1953 to 1960. The economy is centered on the oil shale industry.
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