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.
History In 1922, the joint-stock company Eesti Kiviõli () 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.
Demographics +Ethnic composition 1970–2021Ethnicity19591970Население районов, городов и поселков городского типа Эстонской ССР : по данным Всесоюзной переписи населения на 15 января 1970 года. Таллинн, 1972.19791989200020112021amount%amount%amount%amount%amount%amount%amount%Estonians601757.6578951.9491444.5395838.1292139.5217938.7192439.6Russians - -443139.7518447.0536951.7379351.2302053.6249851.5Ukrainians - -1521.362282.063082.961572.121091.931362.80Belarusians - -930.831391.261841.771191.61791.40691.42Finns - -3683.303483.153082.961932.611001.77681.40Jews - -130.12110.10100.1030.0420.0400.00Latvians - -410.37250.23190.18100.14100.18100.21Germans - - - -740.67830.80460.62490.87310.64Tatars - - - -130.12260.25140.1970.1260.12Poles - - - -260.24220.21110.1570.1270.14Lithuanians - -180.16270.24240.25170.23140.25120.25unknown00.0000.0000.0000.00700.9440.0750.10other442742.42482.22610.55790.76510.69540.96861.77Total1044410011153100110501001039010074051005634100485499.9
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.
Notable people Notable people that were born or lived in Kiviõli include the following: Ivi Kreen (born 1935), former TV presenter for Eesti Televisioon, from 1961 to 1990. Tiit Kuusmik (born 1950), politician, the Mayor of Toila since 2012 Peeter Simm (1953 - 2026), film director Kristina Kallas (born 1976), politician Minister of Education and Research since 2023 Tatjana Mannima (born 1980), cross-country skier, took part in the 2006, 2010 and 2018 Winter Olympics Dmitri Dmitrijev (born 1982), politician; Mayor of Kiviõli, 2007 to 2015
See also Eesti Kiviõli Eesti Küttejõud
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