title: Balvi Municipality
text: # Balvi Municipality
  
  Balvi Municipality (Latvian: Balvu novads, Latgalian: Bolvu nūvods) is a municipality in northern Latgale, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2009 from parts of the Balvi District, by merging Balvi parish, Bērzkalne parish, Bērzpils parish, Briežuciems parish, Krišjāņi parish, Kubuļi parish, Lazduleja parish, Tilža parish, Vectilža parish, Vīksna parish and the town of Balvi, which became the administrative center.
  
  As a part of the 2021 Latvian administrative reform, the municipalities of Balvi, Baltinava, Rugāji and Viļaka were merged into the new Balvi Municipality. Coincidentally, the new municipality shares the same borders as the former Balvi District.
  
  ## Images
  
  * Boundaries of the municipality from 2009 to 2021
  * Monument to the Latgale Partisan Regiment of the Latvian War of Independence, Balvi
  * Border of the former Baltinava Municipality
  * Rugāji Parish Council Building
  * Viļaka Lake
  