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
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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
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
- Valka Lutheran Church
- View towards the former border crossing into Estonia
- Valka centre
- Ērģeme Castle Ruins
- Vijciems Lutheran Church
- Administrative map
See also
References
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