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Alūksne District
Alūksne district ( lv, Alūksnes rajons) was an administrative division of Latvia, located in Vidzeme region, in the country's north-east, 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 Veclaice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latvia
Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is one of the Baltic states; and is bordered by Estonia to the north, Lithuania to the south, Russia to the east, Belarus to the southeast, and shares a maritime border with Sweden to the west. Latvia covers an area of , with a population of 1.9 million. The country has a temperate seasonal climate. Its capital and largest city is Riga. Latvians belong to the ethno-linguistic group of the Balts; and speak Latvian, one of the only two surviving Baltic languages. Russians are the most prominent minority in the country, at almost a quarter of the population. After centuries of Teutonic, Swedish, Polish-Lithuanian and Russian rule, which was mainly executed by the local Baltic German aristocracy, the independent R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veclaicene
Veclaicene Parish ( lv, Veclaicenes pagasts) is an administrative unit of Alūksne Municipality, Latvia. Geography Veclaicene parish has several small rivers — Līčupe, and lakes — Dzērve Lake, Ieva Lake, Lake Ilgājs, Koruļu Lake, , Pilskalna Lake, , Veclaicene Lake Veclaicene Parish ( lv, Veclaicenes pagasts) is an administrative unit of Alūksne Municipality Alūksne Municipality ( lv, Alūksnes novads) is a municipality in Vidzeme, Latvia. It is located in the northeast of the country and borders Ape in .... Towns, villages and settlements of Veclaicene Parish * Parishes of Latvia Alūksne Municipality {{vidzeme-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pededze
The Pededze ( et, Pedetsi jõgi) is a river in Latvia and Estonia. It has a length of of which 131 km runs through Latvia and 26 km through Estonia . It flows generally south. It is a right tributary of the Aiviekste, the source of Pededze is Lake Kirikumäe in the Haanja Uplands in Vastseliina Parish, Võru County, Estonia. The basin area of Pededze is 1,690 km2 (1,523.3 km2 in Latvia; 119 km2 in Estonia) and average discharge 12.2 m³/s. Pededze together with Aiviekste forms natural and historical border between Vidzeme and Latgale Latgale ( ltg, Latgola; ; ger, Lettgallen; be, Латгалія, Łathalija; pl, Łatgalia; la, Lettgallia), also known as Latgalia is one of the Historical Latvian Lands. It is the easternmost region and is north of the Daugava River. While m .... References Rivers of Latvia Rivers of Estonia International rivers of Europe {{Estonia-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liepna
Liepna is a village in Liepna Parish, Alūksne Municipality, Latvia and the center of the parish. It is located on the banks of the Liepna (river), Liepna river at the intersection of highways P41 road (Latvia), P41 and P42 road (Latvia), P42, from Alūksne and from Riga. Liepna was established after 1840 near the center of Lipna manor. In 1926, it was granted the status of a densely populated area. In Liepna, there is a parish administration, 2 shops, a primary school, a folk house, a library, an ambulance, three churches (Catholic, Lutheran, Orthodox). Until 2019, there was also a boarding primary school. References Towns and villages in Latvia Alūksne Municipality {{vidzeme-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |