Valka Municipality

Municipality of Latvia

Municipality in Latvia

Valka Municipality Valkas novads
Municipality
Flag Coat of arms

Country	Latvia
Formed	2009
Centre	Valka
Government
• Council Chair	Gita Avote (Independent)
Area ^[1]
• Total	908.83 km² (350.90 sq mi)
• Land	888.53 km² (343.06 sq mi)
• Water	20.3 km² (7.8 sq mi)
Population (2024)^[2]
• Total	7,501
• Density	8.3/km² (21/sq mi)
Website	www.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 is Valka.

The population in 2020 was 7,603.^[3]

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.^[4]

Twin towns — sister cities

Valka is twinned with:^[5]

Braslaw, Belarus
Çamlıyayla, Turkey
Durbuy, Belgium
I'billin, Israel
Kościelisko, Poland
Kobylnica, Poland
Kutaisi, Georgia
Marijampolė, Lithuania
Novoye Devyatkino, Russia
Orimattila, Finland
Östhammar, Sweden
Tvrdošín, Slovakia
Uusikaupunki, Finland
Valga, Estonia
Valga, Spain
Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen, Germany

Images

Valka Lutheran Church
View towards the former border crossing into Estonia
Valka centre
Ērģeme Castle Ruins
Vijciems Lutheran Church
Zvārtava Manor
Administrative map

References

^ "Reģionu, novadu, pilsētu un pagastu kopējā un sauszemes platība gada sākumā". Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
^ "Iedzīvotāju skaits pēc tautības reģionos, pilsētās, novados, pagastos, apkaimēs un blīvi apdzīvotās teritorijās gada sākumā (pēc administratīvi teritoriālās reformas 2021. gadā)". Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
^ "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.
^ "Desmitā daļa Valkas novada iedzīvotāju reģistrējušies Igaunijā, vēsta raidījums".
^ "Intl. cooperation". valka.lv. Valka. Retrieved 2019-08-31.