Valmiera county (, , ) was a historic

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. Its capital was

Valmiera Valmiera () is the second largest city of the historical Vidzeme region, Latvia, with a total area of . As of 2002, Valmiera had a population of 27,323, and in 2020, it was at 24,879. It is a Administrative divisions of Latvia, state city, and ...

(''Wolmar'').

History

The county of Valmiera was created during the administrative territorial reform of the Governorate of Riga in 1783 by merging of

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es from the preexisting

Kreis Riga Riga county (, , ) was a historic county of the Duchy of Livonia, the Governorate of Livonia, and the Republic of Latvia which was dissolved during the administrative territorial reform of the Latvian SSR in 1949. History The first iterat ...

and

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. After the establishment of the Republic of Latvia in 1918, the ''Valmieras apriņķis'' existed until 1949, when the Council of Ministers of the

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split it into the newly created districts (''rajons'') of

and

Rūjiena Rūjiena (; ; ) is a town in Valmiera Municipality, in the Vidzeme region of Latvia. As of 2017 its population was 3,007. Geography The town is located in northern Latvia, near the border with Estonia, in the historical region of Vidzeme (ancientl ...

(dissolved in 1959).

Demographics

At the time of the Russian Empire Census of 1897, ''Kreis Wolmar'' had a population of 112,836. Of these, 93.3% spoke Latvian, 3.2%

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, 2.0%

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, 0.8%

Russian Russian(s) may refer to: *Russians (), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *A citizen of Russia *Russian language, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages *''The Russians'', a b ...

, 0.5%

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, 0.1%

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and 0.1%

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as their native language.

Divisions

In 1913, Valmiera county had 56 parishes and 2 towns:Волостныя, станичныя, сельския, гминныя правления и управления, а также полицейские станы всей России с обозначением места их нахождения. - Киев : Изд-во Т-ва Л. М. Фиш, 1913.
/ref> Parishes *

Ainaži Parish Ainaži Parish () is an administrative unit of Limbaži Municipality in the Vidzeme region of 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, alo ...

(''Haynasch'') * Arakste Parish (''Arras'') * Augstroze Parish (''Hochrosen'') *

Matīši Parish Matīši Parish () is an administrative unit of Valmiera Municipality in the Vidzeme region of 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, a ...

(''Bauenhof'') *

Braslava Parish Braslava Parish () is an administrative unit of Limbaži Municipality, 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 ...

(''Breslau'') *

Burtnieki Parish Burtnieki Parish () is an administrative territorial entity of Valmiera Municipality in the Vidzeme region of Latvia Latvia, officially the Republic of Latvia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is one of the three Ba ...

(''Burtneck'') * Dauguļi Parish (''Daugeln'') *

Dikļi Parish Dikļi Parish () is an administrative unit of Valmiera Municipality in the Vidzeme region of Latvia. Prior to the 2009 administrative reforms it was part of Valmiera district. History Dikli is a quiet rural village in the northern part of Lat ...

(''Dickeln'') *

Idus Parish The Roman calendar was the calendar used by the Roman Kingdom and Roman Republic. Although the term is primarily used for Rome's pre-Julian calendars, it is often used inclusively of the Julian calendar established by Julius Caesar in 46&nbs ...

(''Idwen'') * Ipiķi Parish (''Ippik'') * Bērzaine Parish (''Sternhof'') *

Jeri Parish Jeri Parish () is an administrative unit of Valmiera Municipality in the Vidzeme region of 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 ...

(''Seyershof'') *

Katvari Parish Katvari Parish () is an administrative unit of Limbaži Municipality, 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 n ...

(''Kadfer'') * Kauguri Parish (''Kaugershof'') *

Kocēni Parish Kocēni () is a village in Kocēni Parish, Valmiera Municipality in the Vidzeme region of 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, al ...

(''Kokenhof'') * Ķieģeļu Parish (''Kegeln'') * Ķirbižu Parish (''Kürbis'') * Ķoņi Parish (''Königshof'') * Lādes Parish (''Ladenhof'') * Lielstraupes Parish (''Groß-Roop'') *

Limbaži Parish Limbaži Parish () is an administrative unit of Limbaži Municipality (previously Limbaži district), Latvia Latvia, officially the Republic of Latvia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is one of the three Baltic st ...

(''Schloß Lemsal'') *

Lode Parish Lode Parish () is an administrative unit of Valmiera Municipality in the Vidzeme region of 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, alo ...

(''Metzküll'') * Mazstraupes Parish (''Klein-Roop'') * Mujānu Parish (''Mojahn'') * Mūru Parish (''Muremoise'') * Nabes Parish (''Nabben'') *

Naukšēni Parish Naukšēni Parish () is an administrative unit of Valmiera Municipality in the Vidzeme region of Latvia. References

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(''Naukschen'') * Ozolu Parish (''Lappier'') * Pāle Parish (''Sepkull'') *

Liepupe Parish Liepupe Parish () is one of the administrative units of Limbaži Municipality in the Vidzeme region of Latvia. From 2009 to 2021, Liepupe Parish was part of the former Salacgrīva Municipality and before 2009, it was part of the former Limbazi ...

(''Pernigel'') * Plātera Parish (''Moiseküll'') * Pociema Parish (''Posendorf'') * Puiķeles Parish (''Puikeln'') * Raiskums Parish (''Raiskum'') *

Rencēni Parish Rencēni Parish () is an administrative territorial entity of Valmiera Municipality in the Vidzeme region of Latvia Latvia, officially the Republic of Latvia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is one of the three Bal ...

(''Ranzen'') * Rozbeķu Parish (''Schloß Rosenbeck'') *

Staicele Parish Staicele parish () is an administrative unit of Limbaži Municipality, 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 t ...

(''Koddiak'') * Rūjienas Parish (''Rujen-Großhof'') * Sēļi Parish (''Sehlen'') * Skaņkalne Parish (''Kolberg'') * Stalbe Parish (''Stolben'') * Stienes-Duntes Parish (''Ulpisch-Ruthern'') * Susikas Parish (''Sussikas'') * Svejciema Parish (''Neu-Salis'') * Ternejas Parish (''Rujen-Torney'') * Umurga Parish (''Ubbenorm-Saarum'') *

Aloja Parish Aloja Parish () is an administrative unit of Limbaži Municipality, 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 n ...

(''Pürkeln'') * Unguru pagasts (''Orellen'') * Vaidava Parish (''Waidau'') * Vainižu pagasts (''Wainsel'') *

Valmiera Parish Valmiera Parish () is an administrative unit of Valmiera Municipality in the Vidzeme region of Latvia. References

Parishes in Valmiera Municipality {{Vidzeme-geo-stub ...

(''Wolmarshof'') * Mazsalaca Parish (''Schloß Salisburg'') * Vecate Parish (''Alt-Ottenhof'') * Vecsalacas Parish (''Alt-Salis'') * Vilzēnu pagasts (''Wilsenhof'') *

Viļķene Parish Viļķene Parish () is an administrative unit of Limbaži Municipality in the Vidzeme region of Latvia. It borders with Pāle, Katvari, Limbaži, Liepupe and Salacgrīva parishes. The center of the parish is in . Area: 224.5 km² Popula ...

(''Wilkenhof'') Towns *

Limbaži Limbaži (, , , ) is a town in the Vidzeme region of northern Latvia, with a population of 6,888. Limbaži is located 90 km northeast of the capital Riga. During the Middle Ages, as part of Livonia, Limbaži was a fortified town with stone wa ...

(''Lemsal'') *

(''Wolmar'')

References

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