بالوی، لتونی
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Balvi (, , Polish Bołowsk) is a town and the center of Balvi Municipality in the Latgale region of Latvia. It was the administrative seat of the district of the same name since 1949; prior to the occupation of Latvia, it was part of Abrene County. The name derives from the stream Bolupīte and the adjacent lake.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Balvi
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_shield
- Coat of Arms of Balvi.svg
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Balvi.svg
- Settlement.flag_size
- 150px
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Ул. Берзпилс, Балви (P47).jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 200px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Bērzpils street in Balvi
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Balvi Municipality
- Settlement.established_title
- Town rights
- Settlement.established_date
- 1928
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Latvia
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- above
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Latvia
- Settlement.blank_name_sec1
- Number of municipal council members
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- Latvia
- Located in
- Balvi Municipality
- Population
- 5652
- Area
- 5.01
- Elevation
- 113
- Capital of
- Balvi Municipality
- Official website
- www.balvi.lv
- Image
- Ул. Берзпилс, Балви (P47).jpg
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- Commons category
- Balvi
- inception
- 1928-00-00
- postal code
- LV-4501
- time of earliest written record
- 1224-00-00
- described by source
- Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron
- P8168
- Christian Berglund
Sources (8)
via Wikidata · CC0
On the map
2 mapped locations