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 | |
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| Country |  Latvia |
| Formed | 2009 |
| Centre | Alūksne |
| Government | |
| • Council Chair | Arturs Dukulis (ZZS) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,699.8 km2 (656.3 sq mi) |
| Population (2009)[2] | |
| • Total | 19,558 |
| • Density | 12/km2 (30/sq mi) |
| Website | www |
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
Strugo-Krasnensky District, Russia- Ostrovsky District, Russia
- Pechorsky District, Russia
- Pskov, Russia
Haanja, Estonia- Misso, Estonia
- Rõuge, Estonia
- Vastseliina, Estonia
- Võru, Estonia
Sundbyberg, Sweden
Wettin-Löbejün, Germany
See also
References
- The Ministry of Regional Development and Local Government of the Republic of Latvia Archived 2014-02-07 at the Wayback Machine
- "The Central Election Commission of Latvia". Archived from the original on 2012-02-05. Retrieved 2009-07-25.
- "Starptautiskā sadarbība". aluksne.lv (in Latvian). Alūksnes novads. Retrieved 2019-09-16.
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