Sinimäe

According to the 2011 census , 319 people lived in the village, of which 100 (31.3%) were Estonians ^[2] .

In 2000, the population of the village was 387 people ^[3] .

As of January 1, 2016, 356 residents were registered in the village ^[4] .

As of January 1, 2018, there were 422 residents in the village ^[5] .

Sinimäe village is located 14 kilometers southwest of the county center - the city of Narva-Jõesuu . Height above sea level - 70 meters ^[6] .

Sinimäe elementary school , library , shop , children's playroom, post office work in the village. In 2002, a beautiful volost administration house was built from the former state farm office. Much to the chagrin of the inhabitants of the village, the feldsher point, a bathhouse , a canteen , a cultural center and consumer services firms no longer work in it. ^[7]

In the 1920s , the settlement of Vaivara or Myzakyula was formed on the lands of the nationalized Vaivar Manor ^[8] . Before World War II, it included 21 farms, the Vaivara 6-grade elementary school, an orphanage , a shop, a hospital and a library; cultural events were held in the People’s House of Peryatsi , as well as in the hall of the orphanage ^[7] .

Sinimäe settlement was formed in the 1950s on the site of a village completely destroyed during the fierce battles on the Sinimäe Heights in 1944 ^[3] ; in 1977 it received the status of a village ^[8] .

From 1949 to 1992, the Sinimäe state farm worked in the village ^[9] .

The name of the village comes from the natural name - Sinimäe Heights (Blue Mountains) ^[8] . Before the Second World War, the Sinimäe heights, around which the settlement spread, were covered with a tall spruce , which when viewed from afar gave the hills a blue color . These fir trees died during the battles in 1944.

• Sinimäe Heights
• Vaivara Manor