Narva-Jõesuu
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Narva-Jõesuu beach
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 Narva-Jõesuu
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| Coordinates: 59°27′32″N 28°02′26″E / 59.45889°N 28.04056°ECoordinates: 59°27′32″N 28°02′26″E / 59.45889°N 28.04056°E | |||
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 Estonia
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 Ida-Viru County
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| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Andres Noormägi | ||
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| • Total | 11.03 km2 (4.26 sq mi) | ||
| Population (01.01.2010) | |||
| • Total | 2,602 | ||
| • Density | 240/km2 (610/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | ||
| Website | www.narva-joesuu.ee | ||
Narva-Jõesuu (Estonian pronunciation: [ˈnɑrˈʋɑ-ˈjɤeˈsuː]; Russian: Усть-Нарва, Ust'-Narva) is a town in Ida-Viru County, in north-eastern Estonia.
It is located on the country's northern Baltic coast and the Gulf of Finland. The town's name in Estonian and Russian means "Mouth of the Narva", the river which forms the border with Russia.
Narva-Jõesuu has a population of 2,602 (as of 1 January 2010). As in the nearby city of Narva, most residents today are Russian or Russian-speaking, although the percentage of native Estonians is slightly higher in Narva-Jõesuu (13% compared to 4% in Narva).
Narva-Jõesuu marks the north-eastern end of the E9 European Coastal Path, which runs for 5000 km (3125 miles) from Cabo de São Vicente in Portugal.
The settlement probably arose in the 14th century, then part of the Duchy of Estonia, a dominion of the Livonian Order within Terra Mariana from 1346. It was first documented in a 1503 deed issued by Master of the Order Wolter von Plettenberg. It was the site of an outer harbour of the City of Narva from the 16th century, containing several timber stockyards, sawmills, and a small shipbuilding industry.
The German name Hungerburg allegedly goes back to the Russian emperor Peter the Great, who during the 1704 Battle of Narva noticed the great poverty of the rural population. The Narva-Jõesuu Lighthouse was erected in 1808.
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