Gulbene District
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Gulbene District was an administrative division
of Latvia
, located in the Vidzeme
region, in the country's north-east. It was organized into a city and thirteen parishes, each with a local government authority. The main city in the district was Gulbene
.
In Gulbene, a Baltic
single passage narrow-gauge railroad, Gulbene-Aluksne, was renovated and started to operate in 2005.
Also, Gulbene has a basketball team, "ASK/Buki-Gulbene".
Districts were eliminated during the administrative-territorial reform in 2009.
Districts of Latvia
||Before July 1, 2009 Latvia was divided into 26 districts and 7 cities , indicated with asterisks:...
of Latvia
Latvia
Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...
, located in the Vidzeme
Vidzeme
Vidzeme is one of the historical and cultural regions of Latvia. Literally meaning "the Middle Land" it is situated in north-central Latvia north of the Daugava River...
region, in the country's north-east. It was organized into a city and thirteen parishes, each with a local government authority. The main city in the district was Gulbene
Gulbene
Gulbene and the surrounding Gulbene municipality are located in North-eastern Latvia and adjoin the Alūksne, Balvi, Madona, Cēsis and Valka regions....
.
In Gulbene, a Baltic
4-6-4
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-6-4 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and four trailing wheels on two axles .Other equivalent classifications are:UIC classification:...
single passage narrow-gauge railroad, Gulbene-Aluksne, was renovated and started to operate in 2005.
Also, Gulbene has a basketball team, "ASK/Buki-Gulbene".
Districts were eliminated during the administrative-territorial reform in 2009.
Cities and parishes of the Gulbene District
- BeļavaBelavaBelava is a mountain in eastern Serbia, near the town of Bela Palanka. Its highest peak Kardašica has an altitude of 946 meters above sea level....
parish - Dauksti parish
- Druviena parish
- Galgauska parish
- GulbeneGulbeneGulbene and the surrounding Gulbene municipality are located in North-eastern Latvia and adjoin the Alūksne, Balvi, Madona, Cēsis and Valka regions....
city
- LiteneLitene (parish)Litene parish is situated in Gulbene District, Latvia.Territory - 127 km²Population - 1,250.Inhabited places - Atpūtas, Aurova, Fabrikas, Kordona, Lešķi, Litene, Silava, Silenieki, Skujenieki, Zāģernieki....
parish - Lizuma parish
- Līgo parish
- Lejasciems parish
- Jaungulbene parish
- Stāmeriena parish
- Ranka parish
- Stradi parish
- TirzaTirzaTirza is a 2010 Dutch drama film directed by Rudolf van den Berg and based on the Dutch bestseller of the same name by Arnon Grunberg. The film was selected as the Dutch entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards but it didn't make the final shortlist.-Cast:* Gijs Scholten...
parish