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Valka Municipality Valkas novads
Municipality
FlagCoat of arms
Country	Latvia
Formed	2009
Centre	Valka
Government
• Council Chair	Gita Avote (Independent)
Area
• Total	908.83 km (350.90 sq mi)
• Land	888.53 km (343.06 sq mi)
• Water	20.3 km (7.8 sq mi)
Population
• Total	7,501
• Density	8.3/km (21/sq mi)
Website	www.valka.lv

Valka Municipality (Latvian: Valkas novads; Estonian: Valka piirkond) is a municipality in Vidzeme, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Valka town, Ērģeme Parish, Kārķi Parish, Valka Parish, Vijciems Parish and Zvārtava Parish. The administrative centre is Valka.

The population in 2020 was 7,603.

In 2016 it was announced that due to better welfare and higher salaries in neighbouring Estonia, over 10% of municipality's inhabitants have registered themselves as inhabitants of Valga County.

Twin towns — sister cities

Valka is twinned with:

• Braslaw, Belarus
• Çamlıyayla, Turkey
• Durbuy, Belgium
• I'billin, Israel
• Kościelisko, Poland
• Kobylnica, Poland
• Kutaisi, Georgia
• Marijampolė, Lithuania
• Novoye Devyatkino, Russia
• Orimattila, Finland
• Östhammar, Sweden
• Tvrdošín, Slovakia
• Uusikaupunki, Finland
• Valga, Estonia
• Valga, Spain
• Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen, Germany

Images

• Valka Lutheran Church
• View towards the former border crossing into Estonia
• Valka centre
• Ērģeme Castle Ruins
• Vijciems Lutheran Church
• Zvārtava Manor
• Administrative map

References

1. "Reģionu, novadu, pilsētu un pagastu kopējā un sauszemes platība gada sākumā". Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
2. "Iedzīvotāju skaits pēc tautības reģionos, pilsētās, novados, pagastos, apkaimēs un blīvi apdzīvotās teritorijās gada sākumā (pēc administratīvi teritoriālās reformas 2021. gadā)". Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
3. "ISG020. Population number and its change by statistical region, city, town, 21 development centres and counties". Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. 2020-01-01. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
4. "Desmitā daļa Valkas novada iedzīvotāju reģistrējušies Igaunijā, vēsta raidījums".
5. "Intl. cooperation". valka.lv. Valka. Retrieved 2019-08-31.

v t e Valka Municipality
Towns	Valka
Parishes	Ērģeme Kārķi Valka Vijciems Zvārtava

v t e First-level administrative divisions of Latvia
Municipalities	Ādaži Aizkraukle Alūksne Augšdaugava Balvi Bauska Cēsis Dobele Gulbene Jelgava Jēkabpils Ķekava Krāslava Kuldīga Limbaži Līvāni Ludza Madona Mārupe Ogre Olaine Preiļi Rēzekne Ropaži Salaspils Saldus Saulkrasti Sigulda Smiltene South Kurzeme Talsi Tukums Valka Valmiera Varakļāni Ventspils
State cities	Daugavpils Jelgava Jūrmala Liepāja Rēzekne Riga Ventspils
Jēkabpils, Ogre and Valmiera are also state cities. However, they are also part of municipalities and serve as second-level administrative divisions.

57°46′04″N 25°56′49″E / 57.76778°N 25.94694°E / 57.76778; 25.94694

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