Toila is a small borough

Populated places in Estonia

Populated places in Estonia are settlements or territorial units within a municipality. Populated places have no administrative functions. A group of populated places form a rural municipality with local administration...

 () in northeastern Estonia

Estonia

Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...

. It is located in Ida-Viru county

Ida-Viru County

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 literally holds the largest...

, some 10 km northeast from the town of Jõhvi

Jõhvi

Jõhvi is a town in north-eastern Estonia, and the capital of Ida-Viru County. The town is also an administrative centre of Jõhvi Parish. It is situated 50 km from the Russian border....

. Toila is the administrative centre of Toila Parish

Toila Parish

Toila Parish is an Estonian municipality located in Ida-Viru County. It has a population of 2,304 and an area of 164 km².-Villages:Altküla, Konju, Martsa, Metsamägara, Päite, Pühajõe, Uikala, Vaivina, Voka.-External links:...

 and has a population of 896 (as of 1 December 2008).

Tourism

Toila lies on the coast of the Finnish Gulf

Gulf of Finland

The Gulf of Finland is the easternmost arm of the Baltic Sea. It extends between Finland and Estonia all the way to Saint Petersburg in Russia, where the river Neva drains into it. Other major cities around the gulf include Helsinki and Tallinn...

 and is an important sea resort in Estonia. Toila is known for its beautiful park (Oru Park), spa hotel and beach. From 1934 to 1940 Oru palace in Toila was the summer residence of the Estonian president Konstantin Päts

Konstantin Päts

Konstantin Päts VR I/1 and III/1 was the most influential politician of interwar Estonia. He was one of the first Estonians to become active in politics and started an almost 40-year political rivalry with Jaan Tõnisson, first through journalism with his newspaper Teataja, later through politics...

. The palace was destroyed in the Second World War.

Toila has also a small fishing and yachting port.