{{Short description|Village in Estonia}} {{Infobox settlement | official_name = | native_name = | settlement_type = Village | motto = | image_skyline = | imagesize = | image_caption = | image_flag = | flag_size = | image_seal = | seal_size = | image_map = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Estonia | mapsize = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Estonia}} | subdivision_type1 = County | subdivision_name1 = Ida-Viru County | subdivision_type2 = Municipality | subdivision_name2 = Narva-Jõesuu | leader_title = | leader_name = | established_title = | established_date = | area_total_km2 = | area_footnotes = | population_as_of = 2020 | population_total = 50 | population_density_km2 = | timezone = EET | utc_offset = +2 | timezone_DST = EEST | utc_offset_DST = +3 | coordinates = {{coord|source:wikidata}} | area_code = | website = }}
'''Viivikonna''' is a village in Narva-Jõesuu municipality, Ida-Viru County in northeastern Estonia.<ref>{{EHAK|9314}} (retrieved 14 March 2020)</ref> Once, it was known as a "central mining town" in Estonia, but today, it is a remote and near-abandoned village.<ref>[https://emptiness.eu/field-reports/what-used-to-be-viivikonna/ What used to be (Viivikonna)] – Emptiness.eu</ref><ref>[https://www.iltalehti.fi/viro/a/941abd33-e7f3-4fec-8e69-c5c3619ac1b6 Onpa aavemaista! Tällainen on Viivikonna, lähes hylätty rauniokaupunki Virossa] – ''Iltalehti'' (in Finnish)</ref><ref>[https://www.is.fi/matkat/art-2000006052683.html Tunnetko tätä Viron aavekaupunkia, jossa aika on pysähtynyt paikoilleen? Aavemaiset kuvat kertovat täydellisestä rappiosta] – ''Ilta-Sanomat'' (in Finnish)</ref> Prior to the 2017 administrative reform of local governments, Viivikonna was a neighbourhood and a distant exclave of the city of Kohtla-Järve.
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{{Narva-Jõesuu (urban municipality)}}
Category:Villages in Ida-Viru County Category:Ghost towns in Estonia
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