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Alūksne Municipality

Municipality of Latvia

Municipality in Latvia

Alūksne Municipality Alūksnes novads
Municipality
Flag Coat of arms

Coordinates: 57°23′N 27°06′E / 57.383°N 27.100°E / 57.383; 27.100
Country	Latvia
Formed	2023
Centre	Alūksne
Government
• Council Chair	Dzintars Adlers (Vienotība)
Area ^[1]
• Total	1,697.58 km² (655.44 sq mi)
• Land	1,647.79 km² (636.22 sq mi)
• Water	49.79 km² (19.22 sq mi)
Population (2023)^[2]
• Total	13,297
• Density	7.8/km² (20/sq mi)
Website	www.aluksne.lv

Alūksne Municipality (Latvian: Alūksnes novads) is a municipality in Vidzeme, Latvia. It is located in the northeast of the country and borders Ape in the west, Balvi Municipality, Gulbene Municipality and Alūksne Municipality in the south, Pskov Oblast of Russia in the east and Võru County of Estonia in the north. The administrative center of the municipality is Alūksne.

History

The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Alsviķi parish, Anna parish, Ilzene parish, Jaunalūksne parish, Jaunanna parish, Jaunlaicene parish, Kalncempji parish, Liepna parish, Maliena parish, Mālupe parish, Mārkalne parish, Pededze parish, Veclaicene parish, Zeltiņi parish, Ziemeri parish, and the town of Alūksne.

Twin towns — sister cities

Alūksne is twinned with:^[3]

Strugo-Krasnensky District, Russia
Ostrovsky District, Russia
Pechorsky District, Russia
Pskov, Russia
Haanja, Estonia
Misso, Estonia
Rõuge, Estonia
Vastseliina, Estonia
Võru, Estonia
Sundbyberg, Sweden
Wettin-Löbejün, Germany

References

^ "Reģionu, novadu, pilsētu un pagastu kopējā un sauszemes platība gada sākumā". Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
^ "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 2 October 2023.
^ "Starptautiskā sadarbība". aluksne.lv (in Latvian). Alūksnes novads. Retrieved 2019-09-16.