Balvi Municipality ( lv, Balvu novads) is a
municipality
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in northern
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 ...
,
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 ...
. The municipality was formed in 2009 from parts of the
Balvi District, by
merging
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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
Balvi () is a town in Balvi Municipality in the Latgale region of Latvia. It was the administrative seat of the region (Latvian: ''rajons'') of the same name since 1949; prior to the occupation of Latvia it was part of the Abrene district. The ...
, which became the administrative center.
As a part of the
2021 Latvian administrative reform, the municipalities of Balvi,
Baltinava,
Rugāji and
Viļaka
Viļaka ( lv, Viļaka, ; ltg, Vileks; german: Marienhausen; russian: Виляка, ''Vilyaka''; Yiddish: ויליאקי, ''Vilyaki'') is a town in Balvi Municipality in the Latgale region of Latvia. The population in 2020 was 1,223. Viļaka is l ...
were merged into the new Balvi Municipality. Coincidentally, the new municipality shares the same borders as the former Balvi District.
Images
File:Balvu novads karte.png, Boundaries of the municipality from 2009 to 2021
File:Balvi, piemineklis Balvu Staņislavs 1999-09-13 - panoramio.jpg, Monument to the Latgale Partisan Regiment of the Latvian War of Independence
The Latvian War of Independence ( lv, Latvijas Neatkarības karš), sometimes called Latvia's freedom battles () or the Latvian War of Liberation (), was a series of military conflicts in Latvia between 5 December 1918, after the newly proclaim ...
, Balvi
File:Baltinavas novada robeža - panoramio.jpg, Border of the former Baltinava Municipality
File:Rugāju pagastnams 2002-09-14.jpg, Rugāji Parish Council Building
File:Viļakas ezers 20. aprīlī - panoramio.jpg, Viļaka Lake
See also
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Administrative divisions of Latvia (2009)
The current administrative division of Latvia came into force on 1 July 2021.
On 10 June 2020, the Saeima approved a municipal reform that would reduce the 110 municipalities and nine republic cities to 43 local government units consisting of 36 ...
References
Municipalities of Latvia
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