Gulbene District
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Gulbene District was an administrative division
Districts of Latvia
||Before July 1, 2009 Latvia was divided into 26 districts and 7 cities , indicated with asterisks:...

 of Latvia
Latvia
Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...

, located in the Vidzeme
Vidzeme
Vidzeme is one of the historical and cultural regions of Latvia. Literally meaning "the Middle Land" it is situated in north-central Latvia north of the Daugava River...

 region, in the country's north-east. It was organized into a city and thirteen parishes, each with a local government authority. The main city in the district was Gulbene
Gulbene
Gulbene and the surrounding Gulbene municipality are located in North-eastern Latvia and adjoin the Alūksne, Balvi, Madona, Cēsis and Valka regions....

.

In Gulbene, a Baltic
4-6-4
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 single passage narrow-gauge railroad, Gulbene-Aluksne, was renovated and started to operate in 2005.

Also, Gulbene has a basketball team, "ASK/Buki-Gulbene".

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

Cities and parishes of the Gulbene District

  • Beļava
    Belava
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     parish
  • Dauksti parish
  • Druviena parish
  • Galgauska parish
  • Gulbene
    Gulbene
    Gulbene and the surrounding Gulbene municipality are located in North-eastern Latvia and adjoin the Alūksne, Balvi, Madona, Cēsis and Valka regions....

     city

  • Litene
    Litene (parish)
    Litene parish is situated in Gulbene District, Latvia.Territory - 127 km²Population - 1,250.Inhabited places - Atpūtas, Aurova, Fabrikas, Kordona, Lešķi, Litene, Silava, Silenieki, Skujenieki, Zāģernieki....

     parish
  • Lizuma parish
  • Līgo parish
  • Lejasciems parish
  • Jaungulbene parish

  • Stāmeriena parish
  • Ranka parish
  • Stradi parish
  • Tirza
    Tirza
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    parish
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