Rūjiena
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| Country |  Latvia |
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| Municipality | Valmiera | ||
| Town | Rūjiena | ||
| Town rights | 1920 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Guntis Gladkins | ||
| • City council | 9 members | ||
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| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | ||
| Postal code | LV-4240 | ||
| Calling code | +371 642 | ||
| Climate | Dfb | ||
| Website | www |
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Rūjiena (<phonos file="Lv-Rūjiena.ogg">pronunciation</phonos>; German: Rujen; Estonian: Ruhja) is a town in Valmiera Municipality, in the Vidzeme region of Latvia. As of 2017 its population was 3,007.[1]
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Geography
The town is located in northern Latvia, near the border with Estonia, in the historical region of Vidzeme (anciently part of Livonia). It is 50 km (31 mi) from Valmiera, 91 km (57 mi) from Pärnu and 152 km (94 mi) from Riga.
Climate
Rūjiena has a humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb).
| Climate data for Rūjiena (1991-2020 normals, extremes 1940-present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 9.7 (49.5) |
10.7 (51.3) |
18.1 (64.6) |
26.4 (79.5) |
29.9 (85.8) |
32.5 (90.5) |
34.4 (93.9) |
35.6 (96.1) |
29.0 (84.2) |
21.3 (70.3) |
14.0 (57.2) |
11.6 (52.9) |
35.6 (96.1) |
| Average high °C (°F) | −1.5 (29.3) |
−1.3 (29.7) |
3.3 (37.9) |
11.0 (51.8) |
16.9 (62.4) |
20.4 (68.7) |
23.1 (73.6) |
21.8 (71.2) |
16.4 (61.5) |
9.4 (48.9) |
3.4 (38.1) |
0.0 (32) |
10.24 (50.43) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −3.8 (25.2) |
−4.2 (24.4) |
−0.4 (31.3) |
5.9 (42.6) |
11.5 (52.7) |
15.3 (59.5) |
17.8 (64) |
16.6 (61.9) |
11.7 (53.1) |
6.0 (42.8) |
1.4 (34.5) |
−1.9 (28.6) |
6.33 (43.38) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −6.5 (20.3) |
−7.3 (18.9) |
−4.1 (24.6) |
0.9 (33.6) |
5.3 (41.5) |
9.5 (49.1) |
12.2 (54) |
11.3 (52.3) |
7.2 (45) |
2.7 (36.9) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
−4.3 (24.3) |
2.16 (35.89) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −42.2 (−44) |
−38.7 (−37.7) |
−30.2 (−22.4) |
−18.5 (−1.3) |
−6.5 (20.3) |
−1.1 (30) |
2.8 (37) |
1.0 (33.8) |
−5.8 (21.6) |
−13.9 (7) |
−21.3 (−6.3) |
−39.2 (−38.6) |
−42.2 (−44) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 51.3 (2.02) |
39.7 (1.563) |
36.2 (1.425) |
38.8 (1.528) |
50.4 (1.984) |
80.6 (3.173) |
71.2 (2.803) |
80.8 (3.181) |
56.0 (2.205) |
77.7 (3.059) |
59.7 (2.35) |
52.6 (2.071) |
695 (27.362) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1 mm) | 12 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 124 |
| Source #1: LVĢMC[2][3] | |||||||||||||
| Source #2: NOAA (precipitation days 1981-2010)[4] | |||||||||||||
Demographics
In 2021, the town had 2,725 inhabitants, 95% of whom were Latvians.[5]
Population changes
| Historical population | ||
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| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1881 | 1,709 | — |
| 1897 | 2,946 | +72.4% |
| 1925 | 4,830 | +64.0% |
| 1935 | 4,337 | −10.2% |
| 1943 | 4,001 | −7.7% |
| 1959 | 3,507 | −12.3% |
| 1979 | 3,804 | +8.5% |
| 1989 | 3,987 | +4.8% |
| 1997 | 3,849 | −3.5% |
| 2011 | 3,342 | −13.2% |
| 2017 | 2,952 | −11.7% |
| Source: Latvian Geospatial Information Agency | ||
Ethnicities
| Year | Population | Latvians | Russians | Belarusians | Ukrainians | Poles | Lithuanians | Others[6] |
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| 2000 | 3721 | 3543 | 95 | 17 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 18 |
| 2021 | 2683 | 2558 | 61 | 13 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 19 |
Personalities
- Arturs Alberings, Prime Minister of Latvia from 7 May 1926 to 18 December 1926
- Dāvis Bertāns, basketball player, 1992
- Gustav Klutsis, constructivist photographer and graphic designer
- Moses Wolf Goldberg, chemist, 1905
- Nehemiah Levanon, Israeli official, 1915
Gallery
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Town hall's tower
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Town's center
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Ruhja Keskkool.JPG
Rūjiena secondary school
See also
References
- ↑ Script error: No such module "In lang". Latvian population statistics of 2010
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External links
Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons- Script error: No such module "In lang". Official website of Rūjiena
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