Alūksne Municipality

Alūksne Municipality (Latvian: Alūksnes novads) 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.

Alūksne Municipality Alūksnes novads
Municipality
Flag Coat of arms
Coordinates: 57°23′N 27°06′E
Country	Latvia
Formed	2025
Centre	Alūksne
Government
• Council Chair	Dzintars Adlers (Vienotība)
Area [1]
• Total	1,697.58 km2 (655.44 sq mi)
• Land	1,647.80 km2 (636.22 sq mi)
• Water	49.78 km2 (19.22 sq mi)
Population  (2025)[2]
• Total	13,154
• Density	7.7/km2 (20/sq mi)
Website	www.aluksne.lv

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.

Twin towns — sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Latvia

Alūksne is twinned with:^[3]

• 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