Alūksne Municipality

Alūksne Municipality (Latvian: Alūksnes novads) is a municipality in Vidzeme, Latvia. It is located in the northeast of the country and borders Ape in the west, Balvi Municipality, Gulbene Municipality and Alūksne Municipality in the south, Pskov Oblast of Russia in the east and Võru County of Estonia in the north. The administrative center of the municipality is Alūksne.

Alūksne Municipality
Alūksnes novads
Coordinates:
Country Latvia
Formed2021
CentreAlūksne
Government
  Council ChairArturs Dukulis (ZZS)
Area
  Total1,697.58 km2 (655.44 sq mi)
  Land1,647.79 km2 (636.22 sq mi)
  Water49.79 km2 (19.22 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
  Total13,861
  Density8.2/km2 (21/sq mi)
Websitewww.aluksne.lv

History

The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Alsviķi parish, Anna parish, Ilzene parish, Jaunalūksne parish, Jaunanna parish, Jaunlaicene parish, Kalncempji parish, Liepna parish, Maliena parish, Mālupe parish, Mārkalne parish, Pededze parish, Veclaicene parish, Zeltiņi parish, Ziemeri parish, and the town of Alūksne.

Twin towns — sister cities

Alūksne is twinned with:[3]

See also

References

  1. https://data.stat.gov.lv/pxweb/lv/OSP_PUB/START__ENV__DR__DRT/DRT010/; Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia; retrieved: 25 February 2021.
  2. https://data.stat.gov.lv/pxweb/lv/OSP_PUB/START__POP__IR__IRS/IRD060/; Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia; retrieved: 15 June 2021.
  3. "Starptautiskā sadarbība". aluksne.lv (in Latvian). Alūksnes novads. Retrieved 2019-09-16.


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