Valka Municipality

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
Municipality
Flag Coat of arms
Country	Latvia
Formed	2009
Centre	Valka
Government
• Council Chair	Gita Avote (Independent)
Area [1]
• 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.valka.lv

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

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

Valka is twinned with:^[5]

• 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
• 
  Zvārtava Manor
• 
  Administrative map

References

1. "Reģionu, novadu, pilsētu un pagastu kopējā un sauszemes platība gada sākumā". Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
2. "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.
3. "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.
4. "Desmitā daļa Valkas novada iedzīvotāju reģistrējušies Igaunijā, vēsta raidījums".
5. "Intl. cooperation". valka.lv. Valka. Retrieved 2019-08-31.

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