Alūksne Municipality
{{Short description|Municipality of Latvia}}
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| established_title = Formed
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| seat_type = Centre
| seat = Alūksne
| leader_title = Council Chair
| leader_name = Dzintars Adlers (Vienotība)
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| website = {{url|www.aluksne.lv}}
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Alūksne Municipality ({{langx|lv|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.
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:{{cite web |title=Starptautiskā sadarbība|url=https://aluksne.lv/index.php/novads/starptautiska-sadarbiba/|website=aluksne.lv|publisher=Alūksnes novads|language=lv|access-date=2019-09-16}}
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- {{flagicon|RUS}} Strugo-Krasnensky District, Russia
- {{flagicon|RUS}} Ostrovsky District, Russia
- {{flagicon|RUS}} Pechorsky District, Russia
- {{flagicon|RUS}} Pskov, Russia
- {{flagicon|EST}} Haanja, Estonia
- {{flagicon|EST}} Misso, Estonia
- {{flagicon|EST}} Rõuge, Estonia
- {{flagicon|EST}} Vastseliina, Estonia
- {{flagicon|EST}} Võru, Estonia
- {{flagicon|SWE}} Sundbyberg, Sweden
- {{flagicon|GER}} Wettin-Löbejün, Germany
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See also
References
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{{Vidzeme Region}}
{{Administrative divisions of Latvia}}
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