2-627: Kohtla-Nõmme is a borough ( Estonian : alev ) in Toila Parish , in Ida-Viru County , in northeastern Estonia . It had a population of 1,047 (as of 1 January 2009) and an area of 4.64 km². In the 1930s, New Consolidated Gold Fields opened a shale oil extraction complex at Kohtla-Nõmme. In 1937, the company opened the Kohtla underground mine. After the occupation of Estonia by the Soviet Union ,
4-1099: The company was nationalized in 1940. The Kohtla-Nõmme shale oil extraction complex continued to operate until 1961. The underground mine stayed operational until 2001. After that the Estonian Mining Museum was opened at the site. This Ida-Viru County location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Populated places in Estonia Populated places in Estonia (officially: settlement units ), are cities or settlement units of rural municipalities , but only cities have administrative functions. Settlement units are divided into settlements and urban regions (subdivisions of cities). Officially there are four types of settlement unit in Estonia: As of 2024, there were 47 cities, 13 towns, 186 hamlets and 4457 villages in Estonia. This Estonia -related article
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