Valka Municipality
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Valka Municipality
Valkas novads | |
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Coat of arms of Valka Municipality Coat of arms | |
| File:Latvija Valkas novads 2021.svg | |
| Country | File:Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia |
| Formed | 2009 |
| Centre | Valka |
| Government | |
| • Council Chair | Gita Avote (Independent) |
| Area | |
| • Water | Expression error: Missing operand for -. km2 (Formatting error: invalid input when rounding sq mi) |
| Website | www |
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. The population in 2020 was 7,603.[1] 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.[2]
Twin towns — sister cities
- Belarus Braslaw, Belarus
- Turkey Çamlıyayla, Turkey
- Belgium Durbuy, Belgium
- Israel I'billin, Israel
- Poland Kościelisko, Poland
- Poland Kobylnica, Poland
- Georgia (country) Kutaisi, Georgia
- Lithuania Marijampolė, Lithuania
- Russia Novoye Devyatkino, Russia
- Finland Orimattila, Finland
- Sweden Östhammar, Sweden
- Slovakia Tvrdošín, Slovakia
- Finland Uusikaupunki, Finland
- Estonia Valga, Estonia
- Spain Valga, Spain
- Germany Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen, Germany
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Images
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Valka Lutheran Church
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View towards the former border crossing into Estonia
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Valka centre
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Ērģeme Castle Ruins
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Vijciems Lutheran Church
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Administrative map
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See also
References
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Desmitā daļa Valkas novada iedzīvotāju reģistrējušies Igaunijā, vēsta raidījums".
- ↑ "Intl. cooperation". valka.lv. Valka. Retrieved 2019-08-31.
