Town rights 1992 Postal code LV-40(64-65) Area 2.63 km² Local time Sunday 8:36 PM | Time zone EET (UTC+2) Calling code 640 Population 2,700 (2005) | |
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Weather 1°C, Wind W at 10 km/h, 100% Humidity | ||
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Aloja (German: Allendorf) is a town in northern Latvia, close to the border with Estonia. Until 2009 it was within the country's Limbaži District.
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- Peeter sumre est vs guntis lezdin lat aloja latvia 14 07 2012
- Map of Aloja Alojas pilsC493ta LV 4064 Latvia
- Notable residents
- References
Map of Aloja, Alojas pils%C4%93ta, LV-4064, Latvia
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. Since 2009 Aloja is administrative center of the Aloja municipality.
References
Aloja, Latvia Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA