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Also known as Vileks, Marienhausen, Marienhauzenas, Mariana Domus, Vilyaka, Vilyaki

Viļaka (, ; ; ; ; , Vilyaka; Yiddish: ויליאקי, Vilyaki) is a town in Balvi Municipality in the Latgale region of Latvia. The population in 2020 was 1,223. Viļaka is located 246 km from Riga, and 8 km from border with Russia.

Key facts

Settlement.name
Viļaka
Settlement.settlement_type
Town
Settlement.image_shield
Viļakas pilsētas ģerbonis.svg
Settlement.image_flag
Flag of Viļaka.png
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Balvi Municipality
Settlement.established_title
Town rights
Settlement.established_date
1945
Settlement.pushpin_map
Latvia
Settlement.pushpin_label_position
above
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
300
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location in Latvia
Settlement.leader_title
Mayor
Settlement.leader_name
Regīna Brokāne
Settlement.population_density_km2
auto
Settlement.population_density_metro_km2
auto
Settlement.postal_code_type
Postal code

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Official name
Viļaka
Country
Latvia
Population
1139
Area
4.82
Elevation
95
Image
Vilaka no Semenovas.JPG
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postal code
LV-4583
Commons category
Viļaka
different from
Viļaka Municipality
native label
Viļaka
P6482
Viļaka
topic's main category
Category:Viļaka
inception
1945-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview

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Viļaka (, ; ; ; ; , Vilyaka; Yiddish: ויליאקי, Vilyaki) is a town in Balvi Municipality in the Latgale region of Latvia. The population in 2020 was 1,223. Viļaka is located 246 km from Riga, and 8 km from border with Russia.

It hosts the power grid interconnector between the Baltic states and Russia, which was disconnected in February 2025.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Viļaka” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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