What is Valmiera?
{{Infobox settlement | name = Valmiera | other_name = | settlement_type = City | image_shield = COA LV Valmiera.svg | shield_size = | image_flag = Bandera Valmieras.png | flag_size = | image_skyline =Icefishing in Valmiera.jpg | imagesize = | image_caption = [[Ice fishing]] on the [[Gauja]] River in Valmiera | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = [[Latvia]] | subdivision_type1 = [[Districts of Latvia|District]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Valmiera District]] | established_title = [[Town rights]] | established_date = 1323 | pushpin_map = Latvia | pushpin_label_position = above | pushpin_mapsize = 300 | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Latvia |coordinates={{coord|57|33||N|25|24||E|region:LV_type:city|display = inline,title}} | nickname = | leader_title = [[Mayor]] | leader_name = Jānis Baiks | blank_name_sec1 = Number of city council members | blank_info_sec1 = 13 | area_total_km2 = 18.18 | area_water_km2 = | area_land_km2 = | area_metro_km2 = | elevation_m = | population_total = 27569 | population_metro = | population_density_km2 = 1516 | population_density_metro_km2 = | postal_code_type = [[Postal code]] | postal_code = LV-4201 LV-4202 LV-4204 | area_code_type = [[Telephone numbering plan|Calling code]] | area_code = +371 642 | timezone1 = [[Eastern European Time|EET]] | utc_offset1 = +2 | timezone1_DST = [[Eastern European Summer Time|EEST]] | utc_offset1_DST = +3 | website = {{url|http://www.valmiera.lv/}} }} '''Valmiera''' ({{audio|Lv-Valmiera.ogg|pronunciation}}; {{lang-de|Wolmar}}) is a city in [[Latvia]] with [[town rights]] since 1323, it is the largest [[city]] of the historical [[Vidzeme]] region, [[Latvia]], with a total area of {{convert|18.1|km2|abbr=on}}. It is the center of the [[Valmiera District]]. As of 2002, Valmiera had a population of 27,323, and in 2008 – 27,569. It lies at the crossroads of several important roads, {{Convert|100|km|abbr=on}} to the north-east from [[Riga]], the capital of Latvia, and {{Convert|50|km|abbr=on}} south of the