Alūksne District

District of Latvia
District in Latvia
57°25′N 27°0′E / 57.417°N 27.000°E / 57.417; 27.000CountryLatviaArea
 • Total2,243 km2 (866 sq mi)Population • Total24,159 • Density11/km2 (28/sq mi)Websitealuksne.lv

Alūksne district (Latvian: Alūksnes rajons) was an administrative division of Latvia, located in Vidzeme region, in the country's north-east, 202 km (126 mi) from the capital city Riga. The district had international borders with Estonia (border 103.8 km/64.35 miles) and Russia (border 46.4 km/28.77 miles), and internal borders with the districts of Valka (51.7 km/32.05 miles), Gulbene (98.1 km/60.83 miles) and Balvi (57.4 km/35.58 miles). The main city in the district was Alūksne.

After the administrative-territorial reform of 2009 the Alūksne District was divided between Alūksne Municipality and Ape Municipality.

Cities and parishes in the Alūksne District

  • Alūksne town
  • Ape town
  • Alsviķi parish
  • Anna parish
  • Gaujiena parish
  • Ilzene parish
  • Jaunalūksne parish
  • Jaunanna parish
  • Jaunlaicene parish
  • Kalncempji parish
  • Liepna parish
  • Maliena parish
  • Mālupe parish
  • Mārkalne parish
  • Pededze parish
  • Trapene parish
  • Veclaicene parish
  • Vireši parish
  • Zeltiņi parish
  • Ziemeri parish

References

  1. ^ "RESIDENT POPULATION BY REGION, CITY AND DISTRICT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR". Centrālās statistikas pārvaldes datu bāzes. Archived from the original on 2009-01-10. Retrieved 23 January 2009.
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