Alūksne Municipality () is a municipality in Vidzeme, Latvia. It is located in the northeast of the country and borders Ape in the west, Balvi Municipality and Gulbene 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
Alūksne is twinned with:
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
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