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Rūjiena

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Country
  
Latvia

Municipality
  
Rūjiena

Time zone
  
EET (UTC+2)

Elevation
  
55 m

Local time
  
Sunday 1:41 AM

District (defunct)
  
Valmiera

Town rights
  
1920

Postal code
  
LV-4240

Area
  
18 km²

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Weather
  
0°C, Wind NW at 3 km/h, 96% Humidity

Rūjiena ( pronunciation ; German: Rujen; Estonian: Ruhja) is a town in Latvia, seat of the homonym municipality, in the northern Vidzeme. As of 2017 its population was of 3,007.

Contents

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Geography

The town is located in northern Latvia, near the borders with Estonia, in the historical region of Vidzeme (anciently part of Livonia). It is 50 km far from Valmiera, 91 from Pärnu and 152 from Riga.

Personalities

  • Arturs Alberings, Prime Minister of Latvia from 7 May 1926 to 18 December 1926
  • Gustav Klutsis, constructivist photographer and graphic designer
  • Moses Wolf Goldberg, chemist, 1905
  • Nehemiah Levanon, Israeli official, 1915
  • References

    Rūjiena Wikipedia