Kohtla-Nõmme

{{Short description|Borough in Estonia}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Kohtla-Nõmme

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| settlement_type = Borough

| image_skyline = Kohtla-nomme-aherainemagi1.JPG

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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Estonia

| coordinates = {{Coord|59|21|14|N|27|11|31|E|region:EE|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Estonia

| subdivision_type1 = County

| subdivision_name1 = Ida-Viru County

| subdivision_type2 = Municipality

| subdivision_name2 = Toila Parish

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| area_total_km2 = 4.64

| population_total = 1047

| population_as_of = 01.01.2009

| population_density_km2 = auto

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Kohtla-Nõmme is a borough ({{langx|et|alev}}) in Toila Parish, in Ida-Viru County, in northeastern Estonia. It had a population of 1,047 (as of 1 January 2009) and an area of 4.64 km².{{cite web|url=http://pub.stat.ee/px-web.2001/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=Po0291&ti=POPULATION+NUMBER%2C+AREA+AND+DENSITY+BY+ADMINISTRATIVE+UNIT+OR+TYPE+OF+SETTLEMENT%2C+1+JANUARY&path=../I_Databas/Population/01Population_indicators_and_composition/04Population_figure_and_composition/&lang=1|title=Population figure and composition|publisher=stat.ee – Statistics Estonia|access-date=29 January 2010}}

In the 1930s, New Consolidated Gold Fields opened a shale oil extraction complex at Kohtla-Nõmme. In 1937, the company opened the Kohtla underground mine. After the occupation of Estonia by the Soviet Union, the company was nationalized in 1940. The Kohtla-Nõmme shale oil extraction complex continued to operate until 1961. The underground mine stayed operational until 2001.

{{Cite journal

| last1 = Karu | first1 = Veiko

| last2 = Valgma | first2 = Ingo

| last3 = Kolats | first3 = Margit

| title = Mine water as a potential source of energy from underground mined area in Estonian oil shale deposit

| journal = Oil Shale. A Scientific-Technical Journal

| publisher = Estonian Academy Publishers

| volume = 30

| issue = 2S

| pages = 336–362

| year = 2013

| url = http://www.kirj.ee/public/oilshale_pdf/2013/issue_2S/Oil-2013-2S-336-362.pdf

| format = PDF

| issn = 0208-189X

| accessdate =2014-04-12

| doi = 10.3176/oil.2013.2S.12}}

After that the Estonian Mining Museum was opened at the site.

Kohtla vana jaamahoone.jpg|Kohtla railway station, destroyed in WWII

Kohtla kaevandus 94 (03).jpg|Kohtla mine in 1994

Eesti Kaevandusmuuseum. Väliekspositsioon.jpg|360° panorama of the Estonian Mining Museum