Balvi Municipality (, )
is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
in northern
Latgale
Latgale (; ; ; ; ; ; Belarusian Latin alphabet, Belarusian Latin: ''Łathalija''; ), also known as Latgalia or Latgallia, is one of the Historical Latvian Lands. It is the easternmost region of the country and lies north of the Daugava River. Wh ...
,
Latvia
Latvia, officially the Republic of Latvia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is one of the three Baltic states, along with Estonia to the north and Lithuania to the south. It borders Russia to the east and Belarus to t ...
. The municipality was formed in 2009 from parts of the
Balvi district, by
merging 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, which became the administrative center.
As a part of the
2021 Latvian administrative reform, the municipalities of Balvi,
Baltinava,
Rugāji and
Viļaka were merged into the new Balvi Municipality. Coincidentally, the new municipality shares the same borders as the former Balvi district.
Images
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 (), 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 proclaimed Republic of Latvia was invade ...
, 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
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Municipalities of Latvia