page_title: Ida-Viru County
section_title: Municipalities
hierarchical_section_title: Ida-Viru County / Municipalities
caption_attribution_description: English: Map of the municipalities of Ida-Viru County after the Administrative Reform of Estonia in 2017. Eesti: Ida-Viru maakonna omavalitsused peale haldusreformi 2017. aastal.
context_page_description: Ida-Viru County, or Ida-Virumaa, is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It is the most north-eastern part of the country. The county contains large deposits of oil shale - the main mineral mined in Estonia. As oil shale is used in thermal power plants, the earth in Ida-Viru contains most of Estonia's energy resources. The capital of the county is the town of Jõhvi which is administratively united with the Jõhvi Parish; nevertheless, Narva is the largest town in the county in terms of population and at the same time the third largest city in Estonia after Tallinn and Tartu. In January 2019 Ida-Viru County had a population of 136,240 – constituting 10.3% of the total population in Estonia. It borders Lääne-Viru County in the west, Jõgeva County in the southwest and Russia in the east.
context_section_description: Ida-Virumaa County is subdivided into eight municipalities, of which four are urban (Estonian: linnad — cities or towns) and four are rural (Estonian: vallad — parishes). There are 217 villages in Ida-Virumaa.
caption: Municipalities of Ida-Viru County
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