Aloja Municipality

Aloja Municipality Alojas novads
Municipality
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 57°46′56″N 24°49′48″E / 57.78222°N 24.83000°E / 57.78222; 24.83000Coordinates: 57°46′56″N 24°49′48″E / 57.78222°N 24.83000°E / 57.78222; 24.83000
Country	Latvia
Formed	2009
Centre	Aloja, Latvia
Government
• Council Chairman	Valdis Bārda (LZS)
Area [1]
• Total	631.41 km2 (243.79 sq mi)
• Land	618.89 km2 (238.95 sq mi)
• Water	12.52 km2 (4.83 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]
• Total	4,520
• Density	7.2/km2 (19/sq mi)
Website	www.aloja.lv

Aloja Municipality (Latvian: Alojas novads) is a municipality in Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Aloja town with its countryside territory, Staicele town with its countryside territory, Braslava Parish and Brīvzemnieki Parish, the administrative centre being Aloja. In 2010 Aloja Parish was created from the countryside territory of Aloja town and Staicele Parish was created from the countryside territory of Staicele town.

Aloja Municipality is located in the territory of the North Vidzeme Biosphere Reserve, its rural territories border with the Republic of Estonia, Kocēni, Mazsalaca, Salacgrīva and Limbaži counties. It consists of the town and parish of Aloja, the town and parish of Staicele, the parish of Braslava and the parish of Brīvzemnieki. There are two small towns in the territory of the county - Aloja and Staicele. In them it is possible to get acquainted with the historical buildings of the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, especially the wooden architecture, the Liv cultural heritage of Salaca region.

Distance to the capital Riga - 130 km

See also[]

• Administrative divisions of Latvia

References[]

External links[]

• Media related to Aloja Municipality at Wikimedia Commons

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