Country Estonia Municipality Jõhvi Parish Time zone EET (UTC+2) Population 10,775 (2013) | County Ida-Viru County Founded 1938 Postal code 71501 to 71599 Local time Thursday 11:12 AM | |
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Weather 4°C, Wind W at 14 km/h, 67% Humidity Points of interest Jõhvi kindluskiriku muuseum, Jõhvi Vabadussõja mälestussammas, Sõjaväehaiglates surnud saksa oh | ||
Jõhvi (German: Jewe, Russian: Йыхви) is a town in north-eastern Estonia, and the capital of Ida-Viru County. The town is also an administrative centre of Jõhvi Parish. It is situated 50 km from the Russian border.
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Ethnic Estonians are a minority in Jõhvi, as about 55% of the town's population are ethnic Russians.
History
Jõhvi was first mentioned as a village in 1241 in Liber Census Daniae when it was ruled by Denmark. Historical names of Jõhvi were Gewi and Jewi. In the 13th century a church was built here and Jõhvi became the centre of the local church parish.
On 1 May 1938 Konstantin Päts renamed the Jõhvi borough a town along with nearly all Estonian boroughs. Up to 1991, Jõhvi was a district of Kohtla-Järve. In 2005 the town of Jõhvi was united with the parish of Jõhvi.
Twin towns
Jõhvi is twinned with: