Walk, Livonia Explained

Walk was the historical German name for the town that is since 1920 divided into Valga in Estonia and Valka in Latvia.^[1] After 1419 it was the seat of the Landtag of the Livonian Confederation.^[2]

Demographics

Ethnicity! colspan="2"

1897^[3]
amount	%
Latvians	4453	40.8
Estonians	3594	32.9
Russians	1214	11.1
Germans	1145	10.5
Jews	303	2.77
Poles	197	1.80
other	16	0.15
Total	10922	100

Religion! colspan="2"

1897
amount	%
Protestants	7862	72.0
Eastern Orthodox	2403	22.0
Orthodox Old Believers	53	0.49
Roman Catholic	222	2.03
Jewish	380	3.48
Muslims	1	0.001
Other Christian denominations	1	0.001
Other non-Christian denominations	0	0
Total	10922	100

See also

• List of German exonyms for places in Estonia
• List of German exonyms for places in Latvia

Notes and References

1. Web site: History . Visit Valga Valka . 20 January 2022.
2. Web site: Valga. Valka . visitvalgavalka.com . 17 March 2022.
3. Book: ПЕРВАЯ ВСЕОБЩАЯ ПЕРЕПИСЬ НАСЕЛЕНІЯ. РОССІЙСКОЙ ИМПЕРІИ 1897 г. XXІ. ЛИФЛЯНДСКАЯ ГУБЕРНІЯ. . First General Population Census. Russian Empire, year 1897. XXI. Livonian Governorate. . Central Statistical Committee of the Ministry of Interior of the Russian Empire . 1905 . St. Petersburg . 2–3 (28) . ru.