Ida-Viru County
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Vaivara concentration camp

Vaivara Parish

Vaivara Parish is a former municipality of in northern . It had a population of 1,800 and an area of 397.97 km². Vaivara Parish was abolished in 2017 and its territory became a part of .
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  • Type: Hamlet with 126 residents
  • Description: former municipality of Estonia (1992–2017)
  • Also known as: “Vaivara Rural Municipality” and “Vayvara”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sillamäe Church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God and Sillamäe Püha Adalberti ja Püha Georgiuse kirik.

Church
Photo: Sacerdos79, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Church
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is a church, which is situated 3 km north of Vaivara Parish.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sillamäe and Sinimäed Hills.

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is a town of 17,000 inhabitants in , where the Sõtke River into the Bay of Finland. In Soviet times a closed city of nuclear scientists, the Soviet heritage is still very visible here.

Locality
The are three linked hills in northeastern . The heights which are aligned west–east, consist of Tornimägi, Põrguaugu mägi and Pargimägi. is situated 5 km east of Vaivara Parish.

Village
Photo: Echoecho01, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a small borough in Narva-Jõesuu municipality, in northeastern . At the 2011 Census, the settlement's population was 319, of which the Estonians were 100. is situated 6 km east of Vaivara Parish.

Vaivara Parish

Latitude
59.37406° or 59° 22′ 27″ north
Longitude
27.77007° or 27° 46′ 12″ east
Population
126
Elevation
35 metres (115 feet)
Open location code
9GF99QFC+J2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1973425323
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
587891
Wiki­data ID
Q1010600
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Vaivara Parish” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Վայվառա”
  • Belarusian: “Вайвара”
  • Cebuano: “Vaivara vald (munisipyo sa Estonia)”
  • Cebuano: “Vaivara vald”
  • Cebuano: “Vaivara”
  • Chinese: “Vaivara Kàu-khu”
  • Chinese: “瓦伊瓦拉鄉”
  • Czech: “Vaivara vald”
  • Czech: “Vaivara”
  • Dutch: “Vaivara”
  • Estonian: “Sinimäe vald”
  • Estonian: “Vaivara vald”
  • Finnish: “Vaivara”
  • French: “Commune de Vaivara”
  • Galician: “Concello rural de Vaivara”
  • Georgian: “ვაივარის მუნიციპალიტეტი”
  • German: “Vaivara”
  • Italian: “Vaivara”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Vaivara Kàu-khu”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Vaivara kommune”
  • Norwegian: “Vaivara kommune”
  • Persian: “دهستان وایوارا”
  • Polish: “Gmina Vaivara”
  • Polish: “Vaivara”
  • Portuguese: “Vaivara”
  • Romanian: “Comuna Vaivara”
  • Romanian: “Vaivara”
  • Russian: “Вайвара”
  • Slovenian: “Valvara vald”
  • Swedish: “Vaivara kommun”
  • Swedish: “Vaivara vald”
  • Ukrainian: “Вайвара”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Vaivara and Vaivara külaplats.

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