Viļaka
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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.
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- 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
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- above
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
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- Location in Latvia
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- Mayor
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- Regīna Brokāne
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Viļaka
- Population
- 1139
- Area
- 4.82
- Elevation
- 95
- Image
- Vilaka no Semenovas.JPG
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- postal code
- LV-4583
- Commons category
- Viļaka
- native label
- Viļaka
- P6482
- Viļaka
- inception
- 1945-00-00
- P8168
- Michał Stasiak
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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.
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