Valka Municipality
Valkas novads
Municipality
Flag of Valka Municipality
Flag
Coat of arms of Valka Municipality
Coat of arms
Country Latvia
Formed2009
CentreValka
Government
 • Council ChairVents Armands Krauklis (Vidzeme Party/LRA)
Area
[1]
 • Total908.83 km2 (350.90 sq mi)
 • Land888.53 km2 (343.06 sq mi)
 • Water20.3 km2 (7.8 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)[2]
 • Total7,560
 • Density8.3/km2 (22/sq mi)
Websitewww.valka.lv

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 being Valka. 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.[3] The population in 2020 was 7,603.[4]

Twin towns — sister cities

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

Valka is twinned with:[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Reģionu, novadu, pilsētu un pagastu kopējā un sauszemes platība gada sākumā". Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "Desmitā daļa Valkas novada iedzīvotāju reģistrējušies Igaunijā, vēsta raidījums".
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "Intl. cooperation". valka.lv. Valka. Retrieved 2019-08-31.

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