Kiviõli

Kiviõli
Town
Kiviõli is located in Estonia
Kiviõli
Kiviõli
Location in Estonia
Coordinates: 59°21′N 26°58′E / 59.350°N 26.967°E / 59.350; 26.967
Country Estonia
County Ida-Viru County
Municipality Lüganuse Parish
Founded1922
Town rights1946
Area
 • Total
11.75 km2 (4.54 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Total
4,725
 • Rank23rd
 • Density400/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
Ethnicity
 • Estonians39.6%
 • Russians51.5%
 • other8.9%
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Kiviõli is an industrial town in Ida-Viru County, Estonia, established in 1922. The main industry in the town is oil shale mining, which gives the town its name (literally 'stone oil').

History

In 1922, the joint-stock company Eesti Kiviõli (i.e., 'Estonian stone oil') established an oil shale quarry in land belonging to the village of Salaküla, and mining commenced in 1930. A worker's settlement belonging to the village of Varinurme was built in the 1930s and named Kiviõli after the joint-stock company. Kiviõli became a town in 1946.[2]

Demographics

Ethnic composition 1970–2021
Ethnicity 1959[3] 1970[4] 1979[5] 1989[5] 2000[6] 2011[7] 2021[8]
amount % amount % amount % amount % amount % amount % amount %
Estonians 6017 57.6 5789 51.9 4914 44.5 3958 38.1 2921 39.5 2179 38.7 1924 39.6
Russians - - 4431 39.7 5184 47.0 5369 51.7 3793 51.2 3020 53.6 2498 51.5
Ukrainians - - 152 1.36 228 2.06 308 2.96 157 2.12 109 1.93 136 2.80
Belarusians - - 93 0.83 139 1.26 184 1.77 119 1.61 79 1.40 69 1.42
Finns - - 368 3.30 348 3.15 308 2.96 193 2.61 100 1.77 68 1.40
Jews - - 13 0.12 11 0.10 10 0.10 3 0.04 2 0.04 0 0.00
Latvians - - 41 0.37 25 0.23 19 0.18 10 0.14 10 0.18 10 0.21
Germans - - - - 74 0.67 83 0.80 46 0.62 49 0.87 31 0.64
Tatars - - - - 13 0.12 26 0.25 14 0.19 7 0.12 6 0.12
Poles - - - - 26 0.24 22 0.21 11 0.15 7 0.12 7 0.14
Lithuanians - - 18 0.16 27 0.24 24 0.25 17 0.23 14 0.25 12 0.25
unknown 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 70 0.94 4 0.07 5 0.10
other 4427 42.4 248 2.22 61 0.55 79 0.76 51 0.69 54 0.96 86 1.77
Total 10444 100 11153 100 11050 100 10390 100 7405 100 5634 100 4854 99.9

Neighborhoods of Kiviõli

Included in the town limits, but somewhat separate from the main part of the town, are the districts of Küttejõu and Varinurme.

There are five neighborhoods of Kiviõli:

  • Küttejõu
  • Lepatee
  • Sala-Aru
  • Soopealse
  • Varinurme.[9]

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Kiviõli include the following:

  • Kiviõli oil factory
    Kiviõli oil factory
  • Ash mountains
    Ash mountains

See also

References

  1. ^ "Population by sex, age group and place of residence after the 2017 administrative reform, 1 January". Statistics Estonia. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Kiviõli". Dictionary of Estonian Place Names. Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  3. ^ Katus, Kalev; Puur, Allan; Põldma, Asta (2002). Rahvastiku ühtlusarvutatud sündmus- ja loendusstatistika: Ida-Virumaa 1965-1990. Sari C (in Estonian and English). Tallinn: Eesti Kõrgkoolidevaheline Demouuringute Keskus. pp. 31–32. ISBN 9985-820-66-5.
  4. ^ Население районов, городов и поселков городского типа Эстонской ССР : по данным Всесоюзной переписи населения на 15 января 1970 года. Таллинн, 1972.
  5. ^ a b Eesti Vabariigi maakondade, linnade ja alevite rahvastik: 1989. a. rahvaloenduse andmed: statistikakogumik. 1. osa: Rahvaarv rahvuse, perekonnaseisu, hariduse ja elatusallikate järgi. Tallinn: Statistikaamet. 1990. pp. 28, 33. ISBN 978-9949-71-932-7.
  6. ^ "RL222: RAHVASTIK ELUKOHA JA RAHVUSE JÄRGI". Estonian Statistical Database (in Estonian).
  7. ^ "RL0429: RAHVASTIK RAHVUSE, SOO, VANUSERÜHMA JA ELUKOHA JÄRGI, 31. DETSEMBER 2011". Estonian Statistical Database (in Estonian).
  8. ^ "RL21429: RAHVASTIK RAHVUSE, SOO, VANUSERÜHMA JA ELUKOHA (HALDUSÜKSUS) JÄRGI, 31. DETSEMBER 2021". Estonian Statistical Database (in Estonian).
  9. ^ "LINNAOSADE JA -JAGUDE LÜHENDID". eki.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 18 March 2020.
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