Valka municipality
Encyclopedia
Valka municipality 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.
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
in 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...
, 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...
. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Valka
Valka
Valka is a town in northern Latvia, on the border with Estonia.Valka and the Estonian town Valga are twins, separated by the Estonian/Latvian border but using the slogan "One Town, Two States". The border dividing the Livonian town of Walk was marked out in 1920 by an international jury headed by...
town
Town
A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...
, Ērģeme parish
Ērģeme parish
- Towns, villages and settlements of Ērģeme parish :*...
, Kārķi parish
Kārķi parish
- Towns, villages and settlements of Kārķi parish :*...
, Valka parish
Valka parish
- Towns, villages and settlements of Valka parish :*...
, Vijciems parish
Vijciems parish
- Towns, villages and settlements of Vijciems parish :*...
and Zvārtava parish
Zvārtava parish
- Towns, villages and settlements of Zvārtava parish :*...
; the administrative centre being Valka.