Balvi Municipality Balvu novads Latgalian: Bolvu nūvods
Municipality
Flag Coat of arms
Country	Latvia
Formed	2009
Reformed	2021
Centre	Balvi
Government
• Council Chair	Sergejs Maksimovs ("LATGALES PARTIJA")
Area [1]
• Total	2,386.29 km2 (921.35 sq mi)
• Land	2,337.68 km2 (902.58 sq mi)
Population  (2024)[2]
• Total	17,910
• Density	7.5/km2 (19/sq mi)
Website	www.balvi.lv

Balvi Municipality (Latvian: Balvu novads, Latgalian: Bolvu nūvods)^[3] is a municipality in northern Latgale, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2009 from parts of the Balvi District, by merging Balvi parish, Bērzkalne parish, Bērzpils parish, Briežuciems parish, Krišjāņi parish, Kubuļi parish, Lazduleja parish, Tilža parish, Vectilža parish, Vīksna parish and the town of Balvi, which became the administrative center.

As a part of the 2021 Latvian administrative reform, the municipalities of Balvi, Baltinava, Rugāji and Viļaka were merged into the new Balvi Municipality. Coincidentally, the new municipality shares the same borders as the former Balvi District.

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  Monument to the Latgale Partisan Regiment of the Latvian War of Independence, Balvi
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  Border of the former Baltinava Municipality
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  Rugāji Parish Council Building
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  Viļaka Lake

• Administrative divisions of Latvia (2009)

57°08′N 27°15′E / 57.133°N 27.250°E / 57.133; 27.250

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