Rūjiena Municipality

Municipality of Latvia

Municipality in Latvia

Rūjiena Municipality Rūjienas novads
Municipality
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Country	Latvia
Formed	2009
Centre	Rūjiena
Government
• Council Chair	Guntis Gladkins (Vidzeme Party)
Area ^[1]
• Total	352.76 km² (136.20 sq mi)
• Land	340.96 km² (131.65 sq mi)
• Water	11.8 km² (4.6 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]
• Total	4,817
• Density	14/km² (35/sq mi)
Website	www.rujiena.lv

Rūjiena Municipality (Latvian: Rūjienas novads) is a former municipality in Vidzeme, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Rūjiena town, Ipiķi parish, Jeri parish, Lode parish and Vilpulka parish, the administrative centre being Rūjiena. The population in 2020 was 4,824.^[3]

On 1 July 2021, Rūjiena Municipalitu ceased to exist and its territory was merged into Valmiera Municipality.^[4]

References

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^ "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.
^ [1] Law on Administrative Territories and Populated Areas