Alūksne Municipality () is a municipality in Vidzeme, Latvia. It is located in the northeast of the country and borders Ape in the west, Balvi Municipality, Gulbene Municipality and Alūksne Municipality in the south, Pskov Oblast of Russia in the east and Võru County of Estonia in the north. The administrative center of the municipality is Alūksne.

History

The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Alsviķi parish, Anna parish, Ilzene parish, Jaunalūksne parish, Jaunanna parish, Jaunlaicene parish, Kalncempji parish, Liepna parish, Maliena parish, Mālupe parish, Mārkalne parish, Pededze parish, Veclaicene parish, Zeltiņi parish, Ziemeri parish, and the town of Alūksne.

Alūksne Municipality

Twin towns — sister cities

Alūksne is twinned with:

Alūksne Municipality

Strugo-Krasnensky District, Russia

Ostrovsky District, Russia

Pechorsky District, Russia

Pskov, Russia

Haanja, Estonia

Misso, Estonia

Rõuge, Estonia

Vastseliina, Estonia

Võru, Estonia

Sundbyberg, Sweden

Wettin-Löbejün, Germany

See also

Administrative divisions of Latvia

References

Municipalities of Latvia

Alūksne Municipality