Sillamäe
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 Sillamäe
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| Coordinates: 59°23′35″N 27°46′27″E / 59.39306°N 27.77417°ECoordinates: 59°23′35″N 27°46′27″E / 59.39306°N 27.77417°E | |||
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 Estonia
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 Ida-Viru County
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| First mention | 1502 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Jelena Koršunova (Centre Party) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 10.54 km2 (4.07 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 18 m (59 ft) | ||
| Population (2013) | |||
| • Total | 14,252 | ||
| • Density | 1,400/km2 (3,500/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | ||
| Postal code | 40231 to 40233 | ||
| Area code(s) | (+372) 033 | ||
| Vehicle registration | I | ||
| Website | www.sillamae.ee | ||
Sillamäe (Russian: Силламяэ), known also in Germanized version as Sillamäggi or Sillamägi (Estonian for "Bridge Hill"), is a town in Ida-Viru County in the northern part of Estonia, on the southern coast of the Gulf of Finland. It has a population of 16,183 (as of 1 January 2010) and covers an area of 10.54 km². Sillamäe is located at the mouth of Sõtke River.
The locality of Sillamäggi was first mentioned in 1502 when the area was under the control of Livonian Order. The bridge across Sõtke and a mill in Sillamäggi were documented in 1700.
In the 1800s, Sillamäggi developed into a resort village offering a more tranquil experience than the nearby resort town of Hungerburg. Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov owned a dacha in Sillamäggi and vacationed there during summer breaks in 1891–1917. Among other famous vacationers of Sillamäggi were poet Konstantin Balmont (1905), painter Albert Benois (1898 and 1899), physicist Paul Ehrenfest (1908–1912), botanist Andrei Famintsyn (1890s), historian Mikhail Gershenzon (1911–1914), inventor Boris Rosing (1902–1911), composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1868).
In the 1920s and 1930s, Sillamäe and surrounding countryside saw the rise of the oil shale mining industry in the area. In 1927–1929, a Swedish company Estländska Oljeskifferkonsortiet built an oil shale processing plant and a power station at the location of the Türsamäe manor, on the western side of Sillamäe. This plant reached a total capacity of 500 tonnes per day in the mid-1930s. A small harbour was constructed in Sillamäe to support the plant activities, but it was destroyed during World War II.
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