Alūksne District

Alūksne
District
Country Latvia
Area
 • Total 2,243 km2 (866 sq mi)
Population [1]
 • Total 24,159
 • Density 11/km2 (28/sq mi)
Website aluksne.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.

Districts were eliminated during the administrative-territorial reform in 2009.

Cities and parishes in the Alūksne District

  • Alūksne city
  • Ape city
  • Alsviķi parish
  • Anna parish
  • Gaujiena parish
  • Ilzene parish
  • Jaunalūksne parish
  • Jaunanna parish
  • Jaunlaicene parish
  • Kalncempji parish
  • Liepna parish
  • Maliena parish
  • Mālupe parish
  • Mārkalne parish

References

Notes

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

Coordinates: 57°25′N 27°0′E / 57.417°N 27.000°E / 57.417; 27.000


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