Balvi District
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Balvi District was an administrative division
Districts of Latvia
||Before July 1, 2009 Latvia was divided into 26 districts and 7 cities , indicated with asterisks:...

 of Latvia
Latvia
Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...

, located in Latgale
Latgale
Latgale is one of the four historical and cultural regions of Latvia recognised in the Constitution of the Latvian Republic. It is the easternmost region north of the Daugava River...

 region, in the country's east. It was organized into two cities and nineteen parishes, each with a local government authority. The main city in the district is Balvi.

Districts were eliminated during the administrative-territorial reform in 2009.

Cities and parishes in the Balvi District

  • Baltinava
    Baltinava
    -References:Latvijas pagasti. Enciklopēdija. A/S Preses nams, Rīga, 2001-2002 ISBN 9984-00-412-0Latvijas Republikas topogrāfiskā karte. Mērogs 1:50 000. Latvijas Ģeotelpiskās informācijas aģentūra. Rīga...

     parish
  • Balvi city
  • Balvi
    Balvi parish
    - Towns, villages and settlements of Balvi parish :*...

     parish
  • Bērzkalne parish
  • Bērzpils parish
  • Briežuciems parish
  • Krišjāņi parish

  • Kubuli parish
  • Kuprava parish
  • Lazdukalns parish
  • Lazduleja parish
  • Medņeva parish
  • Rugāji
    Rugāji
    Rugāji is a village in and center of Rugāji municipality, Latvia....

     parish
  • Susāji parish

  • Šķilbēņi parish
  • Tilža parish
  • Vectilža parish
  • Vecumi parish
  • Viļaka
    Vilaka
    Viļaka is a town in Latvia.Viļaka is the birthplace of Shabtai Daniel, the Israeli journalist and politician.-See also:*List of cities in Latvia...

     city
  • Vīksna parish
  • Žīguri parish
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