Valka Municipality
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]
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Formed | 2009 |
Centre | Valka |
Government | |
• Mayor | Vents Armands Krauklis |
Area | |
• Total | 910.3 km2 (351.5 sq mi) |
Population (2009)[2] | |
• Total | 10,678 |
• Density | 12/km2 (30/sq mi) |
Website | www |
Twin towns — sister cities
Valka is twinned with:[4]
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
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