| Kohtla-Nõmme | |
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| Borough with a municipality status | |
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 Flag Coat of arms | |
  Kohtla-NõmmeLocation in Estonia | |
| Coordinates: 59°21′14″N 27°11′31″E / 59.35389°N 27.19194°E / 59.35389; 27.19194 | |
| Country | Estonia |
| County | Ida-Viru County |
| Municipality | Toila Parish |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4.64 km (1.79 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 1,047 |
| • Density | 230/km (580/sq mi) |
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, 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.
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Kohtla railway station, destroyed in WWII
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Kohtla mine in 1994
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360° panorama of the Estonian Mining Museum
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See also
References
- "Population figure and composition". stat.ee – Statistics Estonia. Retrieved 29 January 2010.
- Karu, Veiko; Valgma, Ingo; Kolats, Margit (2013). "Mine water as a potential source of energy from underground mined area in Estonian oil shale deposit" (PDF). Oil Shale. A Scientific-Technical Journal. 30 (2S). Estonian Academy Publishers: 336–362. doi:10.3176/oil.2013.2S.12. ISSN 0208-189X. Retrieved 2014-04-12.
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