Walk, Livonia

Walk was the historical German name for the town that is since 1920 divided into Valga in Estonia and Valka in Latvia.^[1] After 1419 it was the seat of the Landtag of the Livonian Confederation.^[2]

Demographics

Ethnic composition 1897

Ethnicity	1897[3]
	amount	%
Latvians	4453	40.8
Estonians	3594	32.9
Russians[a]	1214	11.1
Germans	1145	10.5
Jews	303	2.77
Poles	197	1.80
other	16	0.15
Total	10922	100

Religious composition 1897

Religion	1897[3]
	amount	%
Protestants[b]	7862	72.0
Eastern Orthodox	2403	22.0
Orthodox Old Believers	53	0.49
Roman Catholic	222	2.03
Jewish[c]	380	3.48
Muslims	1	0.001
Other Christian denominations[d]	1	0.001
Other non-Christian denominations	0	0
Total	10922	100

1. Including Ukrainians and Belarusians
2. Excluding Anglicans
3. Including Karaites
4. Including Anglicans

See also

• List of German exonyms for places in Estonia
• List of German exonyms for places in Latvia