Alūksne District

Alūksne
District
Location of Alūksne
Coordinates: 57°25′N 27°0′E / 57.417°N 27.000°E / 57.417; 27.000
CountryLatvia
Area
 • Total2,243 km2 (866 sq mi)
Population
 • Total24,159
 • Density11/km2 (28/sq mi)
Websitealuksne.lv

Alūksne district (Latvian: Alūksnes rajons) was an administrative division of Latvia, located in Vidzeme region, in the country's north-east, 202 km (126 mi) from the capital city Riga. The district had international borders with Estonia (border 103.8 km/64.35 miles) and Russia (border 46.4 km/28.77 miles), and internal borders with the districts of Valka (51.7 km/32.05 miles), Gulbene (98.1 km/60.83 miles) and Balvi (57.4 km/35.58 miles). The main city in the district was Alūksne.

After the administrative-territorial reform of 2009 the Alūksne District was divided between Alūksne Municipality and Ape Municipality.

Cities and parishes in the Alūksne District

References

  1. ^ "RESIDENT POPULATION BY REGION, CITY AND DISTRICT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR". Centrālās statistikas pārvaldes datu bāzes. Archived from the original on 2009-01-10. Retrieved 23 January 2009.