Valka Municipality (Latvian: Valkas novads; Estonian: Valka piirkond) is a municipality in Vidzeme, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Valka town, Ērģeme Parish, Kārķi Parish, Valka Parish, Vijciems Parish and Zvārtava Parish. The administrative centre is Valka.
Valka Municipality
Valkas novads | |
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| Country |  Latvia |
| Formed | 2009 |
| Centre | Valka |
| Government | |
| • Council Chair | Gita Avote (Independent) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 908.83 km2 (350.90 sq mi) |
| • Land | 888.53 km2 (343.06 sq mi) |
| • Water | 20.3 km2 (7.8 sq mi) |
| Population (2024)[2] | |
| • Total | 7,501 |
| • Density | 8.3/km2 (21/sq mi) |
| Website | www |
The population in 2020 was 7,603.[3]
In 2016 it was announced that due to better welfare and higher salaries in neighbouring Estonia, over 10% of municipality's inhabitants have registered themselves as inhabitants of Valga County.[4]
Twin towns — sister cities
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Braslaw, Belarus
Çamlıyayla, Turkey
Durbuy, Belgium
I'billin, Israel
Kościelisko, Poland- Kobylnica, Poland
Kutaisi, Georgia
Marijampolė, Lithuania
Novoye Devyatkino, Russia
Orimattila, Finland
Östhammar, Sweden
Tvrdošín, Slovakia- Uusikaupunki, Finland
Valga, Estonia
Valga, Spain
Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen, Germany
Images
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Valka Lutheran Church -
View towards the former border crossing into Estonia -
Valka centre -
Ērģeme Castle Ruins -
Vijciems Lutheran Church -
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Administrative map
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See also
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edit- ^ "Reģionu, novadu, pilsētu un pagastu kopējā un sauszemes platība gada sākumā". Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
- ^ "Iedzīvotāju skaits pēc tautības reģionos, pilsētās, novados, pagastos, apkaimēs un blīvi apdzīvotās teritorijās gada sākumā (pēc administratīvi teritoriālās reformas 2021. gadā)". Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
- ^ "ISG020. Population number and its change by statistical region, city, town, 21 development centres and counties". Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. 2020-01-01. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
- ^ "Desmitā daļa Valkas novada iedzīvotāju reģistrējušies Igaunijā, vēsta raidījums".
- ^ "Intl. cooperation". valka.lv. Valka. Retrieved 2019-08-31.
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