Balvi Municipality

Municipality of Latvia

Municipality in Latvia

Balvi Municipality Balvu novads Latgalian: Bolvu nūvods
Municipality
Flag Coat of arms


Country	Latvia
Formed	2009
Reformed	2021
Centre	Balvi
Government
• Council Chair	Sergejs Maksimovs ("LATGALES PARTIJA")
Area ^[1]
• Total	2,386.29 km² (921.35 sq mi)
• Land	2,337.68 km² (902.58 sq mi)
Population (2023)^[2]
• Total	18,240
• Density	7.6/km² (20/sq mi)
Website	www.balvi.lv

Balvi Municipality (Latvian: Balvu novads, Latgalian: Bolvu nūvods)^[3] is a municipality in northern Latgale, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2009 from parts of the Balvi District, by merging Balvi parish, Bērzkalne parish, Bērzpils parish, Briežuciems parish, Krišjāņi parish, Kubuļi parish, Lazduleja parish, Tilža parish, Vectilža parish, Vīksna parish and the town of Balvi, which became the administrative center.

As a part of the 2021 Latvian administrative reform, the municipalities of Balvi, Baltinava, Rugāji and Viļaka were merged into the new Balvi Municipality. Coincidentally, the new municipality shares the same borders as the former Balvi District.

Images

Boundaries of the municipality from 2009 to 2021
Monument to the Latgale Partisan Regiment of the Latvian War of Independence, Balvi
Border of the former Baltinava Municipality
Rugāji Parish Council Building
Viļaka Lake

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 3 October 2023.
^ "Balvu novadā ceļazīmes arī latgaliešu rakstu valodā" [Balvi Municipality gets road signs with written Latgalian]. Lsm.lv (in Latvian). 2021-11-24. Retrieved 2023-07-19.