Country Latvia Town rights 1992 Postal code LV-40(64-65) Area 2.63 km² Local time Sunday 8:36 PM | District Limbaži District 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.
Notable residents
References
Aloja, Latvia Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA