| Jõhvi | |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Pushpin Map: | Estonia |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Estonia |
| Coordinates: | 59.3575°N 27.4269°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Estonia |
| Subdivision Type1: | County |
| Subdivision Name1: | Ida-Viru County |
| Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name2: | Jõhvi Parish |
| Established Title: | First historical record |
| Established Date: | 1241 |
| Area Total Km2: | 7.62 |
| Population Total: | 10482 |
| Population As Of: | 31.12.2021 |
| Population Rank: | 13th |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Ethnicity (2021) |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Estonians |
| Demographics1 Info1: | 34.7% |
| Demographics1 Title2: | Russians |
| Demographics1 Info2: | 55.3% |
| Demographics1 Title3: | other |
| Demographics1 Info3: | 10% |
| Timezone: | EET |
| Utc Offset: | +2 |
| Timezone Dst: | EEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 41501-41599 |
| Established Title1: | Town rights |
| Established Date1: | 1 May 1938 |
Jõhvi (German: Jewe) is a town in northeastern Estonia, and the administrative seat of Ida-Viru County and Jõhvi Parish. The town is located about 50 km west of the Estonia–Russia international border.
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 Jewe. In the 13th century a church was built there, and Jõhvi became the centre of the local church parish.
On 1 May 1938, the government of Estonia upgraded the official status of Jõhvi from a borough to that of an independent town. During the period of Soviet administration (1944–1991), Jõhvi was administratively not a town, but a district of the city of Kohtla-Järve. In 2005, the town of Jõhvi was united with the parish of Jõhvi.
During the period when Estonia was occupied by the Soviet Union, a significant influx of workers from other parts of the Soviet Union was initiated to support the expanding city of Kohtla-Järve, including the then district of Jõhvi. This influx resulted in Estonians becoming a minority in the area.[1] [2]
| 1922[3] | 1934[4] | 1941[5] | 1959[6] | 2000[7] | 2011[8] | 2021[9] | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| amount | % | amount | % | amount | % | amount | % | amount | % | amount | % | amount | % | ||
| Estonians | 1472 | 90.9 | 1874 | 91.7 | 1822 | 89.8 | 3838 | 36.5 | 4022 | 33.2 | 3718 | 34.5 | 3635 | 34.7 | |
| Russians | 106 | 6.54 | 124 | 6.07 | 85 | 4.19 | - | - | 6482 | 53.5 | 6004 | 55.7 | 5797 | 55.3 | |
| Ukrainians | - | - | 1 | 0.05 | - | - | - | - | 395 | 3.26 | 289 | 2.68 | 285 | 2.72 | |
| Belarusians | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 543 | 4.48 | 344 | 3.19 | 279 | 2.66 | |
| Finns | - | - | 2 | 0.10 | 104 | 5.13 | - | - | 240 | 1.98 | 135 | 1.25 | 118 | 1.13 | |
| Jews | 4 | 0.25 | 8 | 0.39 | 0 | 0.00 | - | - | 23 | 0.19 | 17 | 0.16 | 13 | 0.12 | |
| Latvians | - | - | 4 | 0.20 | 4 | 0.20 | - | - | 39 | 0.32 | 21 | 0.19 | 32 | 0.31 | |
| Germans | 15 | 0.93 | 14 | 0.69 | - | - | - | - | 34 | 0.28 | 16 | 0.15 | 24 | 0.23 | |
| Tatars | - | - | 8 | 0.39 | - | - | - | - | 29 | 0.24 | 30 | 0.28 | 34 | 0.32 | |
| Poles | - | - | 2 | 0.10 | 0 | 0.00 | - | - | 51 | 0.42 | 33 | 0.31 | 32 | 0.31 | |
| Lithuanians | - | - | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.05 | - | - | 39 | 0.32 | 27 | 0.25 | 28 | 0.27 | |
| unknown | 1 | 0.06 | 2 | 0.10 | 3 | 0.15 | 0 | 0.00 | 122 | 1.01 | 17 | 0.16 | 39 | 0.37 | |
| other | 22 | 1.36 | 4 | 0.20 | 9 | 0.44 | 6664 | 63.5 | 93 | 0.77 | 124 | 1.15 | 166 | 1.58 | |
| Total | 1620 | 100 | 2043 | 100 | 2028 | 100 | 10502 | 100 | 12112 | 100 | 10775 | 100 | 10482 | 100 | |