Balvi district

{{Short description|District of Latvia}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Balvi

| settlement_type = District

| image_map = Latvia-Balvi.png

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Latvia

| unit_pref = Metric

| area_footnotes =

| area_total_km2 = 2,381.2

| population_footnotes = {{cite web |url=http://www.balvi.gov.lv/dokumenti/publiskais%20parskats%202006.doc |title=BALVU RAJONA PAŠVALDĪBAS PUBLISKAIS PĀRSKATS par 2006.gadu |language=Latvian |publisher=Balvu rajona padome |format=.doc |accessdate=3 March 2008}} {{Dead link|date=November 2010|bot=H3llBot}}

| population_total = 27,296

| population_density_km2 = auto

| website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20070602152007/http://www.balvi.gov.lv/index.php? balvi.gov.lv/]

| established_date = 1949

| established_title1 = Reformed

| extinct_date = 2009

| established_title = First established

| established_date1 = 1990

| extinct_title = Abolished

| native_name = Balvu rajons

}}

Balvi district ({{langx|lv|Balvu rajons}}) was an administrative division of Latvia, located in Latgale region, in the country's east. It was organized into two cities and nineteen parishes, each with a local government authority.{{cite web |url=http://www.balvi.gov.lv/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=56&Itemid=127 |title=Balvu rajona pašvaldību kontakti |language=Latvian |publisher=Balvu rajona padome |accessdate=2008-03-03 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080126095702/http://www.balvi.gov.lv/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=56&Itemid=127 |archivedate = 26 January 2008}} The main city in the district was Balvi.