title: Aloja, Latvia
text: # Aloja, Latvia
  
  Aloja (German: Allendorf) is a town in Limbaži Municipality in the Vidzeme region of Latvia, close to the border with Estonia. Until 2009 it was within the former Limbaži District.
  
  Aloja as a settlement was first mentioned in written sources in 1449. Aloja saw rapid development after Latvian agrarian reforms in 1920. In 1925 Aloja was granted a status of a village and it became also a centre of the parish. In 1936 new Rīga- Rūjiena railway line was constructed through Aloja. In 1992 Aloja was granted town rights. From 2009 until 2021, Aloja was the administrative center of the former Aloja Municipality.
  
  ## Notable residents
  
  * Pāvils Dreijmanis, architect
  * Lauris Dzelzītis, actor
  
  ## Gallery
  
  * Aloja Lutheran church
  * Aloja Orthodox church
  * Aloja library
  * Aloja fire station
  