Municipality of Latvia
Municipality in Latvia
Valka Municipality
Valkas novads |
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Coat of arms |
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Country |
Latvia |
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Formed | 2009 |
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Centre |
Valka |
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• Council Chair | Gita Avote (
Independent) |
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• Total | 908.83 km2 (350.90 sq mi) |
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• Land | 888.53 km2 (343.06 sq mi) |
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• Water | 20.3 km2 (7.8 sq mi) |
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• Total | 7,560 |
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• Density | 8.3/km2 (22/sq mi) |
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Website |
www.valka.lv |
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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 being Valka. 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.
[3] The population in 2020 was 7,603.
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Twin towns — sister cities
Valka is
twinned with:
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Braslaw, Belarus
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Çamlıyayla, Turkey
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Durbuy, Belgium
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I'billin, Israel
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Kościelisko, Poland
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Kobylnica, Poland
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Kutaisi, Georgia
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Marijampolė, Lithuania
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Novoye Devyatkino, Russia
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Orimattila, Finland
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Östhammar, Sweden
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Tvrdošín, Slovakia
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Uusikaupunki, Finland
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Valga, Estonia
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Valga, Spain
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Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen, Germany
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See also
References
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"Reģionu, novadu, pilsētu un pagastu kopējā un sauszemes platība gada sākumā". Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
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"Iedzīvotāju skaits pēc tautības reģionos, pilsētās, novados, pagastos, apkaimēs un blīvi apdzīvotās teritorijās gada sākumā (pēc administratīvi teritoriālās reformas 2021. gadā) 2021 - 2022". Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
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"Desmitā daļa Valkas novada iedzīvotāju reģistrējušies Igaunijā, vēsta raidījums".
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"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.
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"Intl. cooperation". valka.lv. Valka. Retrieved 2019-08-31.
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