Vaivara Parish
Vaivara Parish is a former municipality of Ida-Viru County in northern Estonia. 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 Narva-Jõesuu.- Type: Hamlet with 126 residents
- Description: former municipality of Estonia (1992–2017)
- Also known as: “Sinimäe vald”, “Vaivara Rural Municipality”, “Vaivara vald (munisipyo sa Estonia)”, and “Vayvara”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Sillamäe Church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God and Sillamäe Püha Adalberti ja Püha Georgiuse kirik.
Sillamäe Church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God
Church
Sillamäe Church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God is situated 2½ km north of Vaivara Parish.
Sillamäe Püha Adalberti ja Püha Georgiuse kirik
Church
Sillamäe Püha Adalberti ja Püha Georgiuse kirik is a church, which is situated 3 km north of Vaivara Parish.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sillamäe and Sinimäed Hills.
Sinimäed Hills
Locality
The Sinimäed Hills are three linked hills in northeastern Estonia. Sinimäed Hills is situated 5 km east of Vaivara Parish.
Sinimäe
Village
Sinimäe is a small borough in Narva-Jõesuu municipality, Ida-Viru County in northeastern Estonia. Sinimäe is situated 6 km east of Vaivara Parish.
Vaivara Parish
- Categories: rural municipality, former municipality of Estonia, and locality
- Location: Vaivara concentration camp, Narva-Jõesuu, Ida-Viru County, East Estonia, Estonia, Baltic states, Europe
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Latitude
59.37121° or 59° 22′ 16″ north
Longitude
27.76694° or 27° 46′ 1″ east
Population
126
Elevation
35 metres (115 feet)
Open location code
9GF99QC8+FQ
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Vaivara Parish” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Վայվառա”
- Belarusian: “Вайвара”
- Cebuano: “Vaivara vald”
- Cebuano: “Vaivara”
- Chinese: “瓦伊瓦拉鄉”
- Czech: “Vaivara”
- Dutch: “Vaivara”
- 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”
- Russian: “Вайвара”
- Slovenian: “Valvara vald”
- Swedish: “Vaivara kommun”
- Ukrainian: “Вайвара”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Sõtke and Sputniku AÜ.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Vaivara külaplats and Vaivara Rongijaam.
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Worth a closer look: Narva and Kohtla-Järve.
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