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District of Latvia District in Latvia
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 km (866 sq mi)
Population
 • Total24,159
 • Density11/km (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.
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(dissolved before 1949)
Former districts
(dissolved 2009)


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