Alūksne Municipality Explained

Alūksne Municipality
Native Name:Alūksnes novads
Native Name Lang:lv
Settlement Type:Municipality
Coordinates:57.3833°N 33°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Established Title:Formed
Seat Type:Centre
Seat:Alūksne
Leader Title:Council Chair
Leader Name:Dzintars Adlers (Vienotība)
Population Density Km2:auto
Postal Code Type:Postal code

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.

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

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Latvia.

Alūksne is twinned with:[1]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Starptautiskā sadarbība. aluksne.lv. Alūksnes novads. lv. 2019-09-16.