Rūjiena
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Rūjiena | |
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Town | |
| Rūjiena town hall Rūjiena town hall | |
 Flag Coat of arms of Rūjiena Coat of arms | |
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| Country | File:Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia |
| Municipality | Valmiera |
| Town | Rūjiena |
| Town rights | 1920 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Guntis Gladkins |
| • City council | 9 members |
| Area | |
• Total | [convert: invalid number] |
| • Land | [convert: invalid number] |
| • Water | [convert: invalid number] |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | LV-4240 |
| Calling code | +371 642 |
| Climate | Dfb |
| Website | www |
Rūjiena (Audio file "Lv-Rūjiena.ogg" not found; 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]
Geography
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]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) |
27.8 (82.0) |
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) |
| Mean daily maximum °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 (32.0) |
10.2 (50.4) |
| 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 (64.0) |
16.6 (61.9) |
11.7 (53.1) |
6.0 (42.8) |
1.4 (34.5) |
−1.9 (28.6) |
6.3 (43.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °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 (54.0) |
11.3 (52.3) |
7.2 (45.0) |
2.7 (36.9) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
−4.3 (24.3) |
2.2 (35.9) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −42.2 (−44.0) |
−38.7 (−37.7) |
−30.2 (−22.4) |
−18.5 (−1.3) |
−6.5 (20.3) |
−1.1 (30.0) |
2.8 (37.0) |
1.0 (33.8) |
−5.8 (21.6) |
−13.9 (7.0) |
−21.3 (−6.3) |
−39.2 (−38.6) |
−42.2 (−44.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 51.3 (2.02) |
39.7 (1.56) |
36.2 (1.43) |
38.8 (1.53) |
50.4 (1.98) |
80.6 (3.17) |
71.2 (2.80) |
80.8 (3.18) |
56.0 (2.20) |
77.7 (3.06) |
59.7 (2.35) |
52.6 (2.07) |
695 (27.35) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1 mm) | 12 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 123 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 89.0 | 86.7 | 78.7 | 70.4 | 67.9 | 73.2 | 75.8 | 79.2 | 83.4 | 87.5 | 90.5 | 90.8 | 81.1 |
| Source 1: LVĢMC[2][3] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: NOAA (precipitation days, humidity 1991-2020)[4] | |||||||||||||
Demographics
[edit | edit source]In 2021, the town had 2,725 inhabitants, 95% of whom were Latvians.[5]
Population changes
[edit | edit source]| 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
[edit | edit source]| Year | Population | Latvians | Russians | Belarusians | Ukrainians | Poles | Lithuanians | Others[6] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 3721 | 3543 | 95 | 17 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 18 |
| 2021 | 2683 | 2558 | 61 | 13 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 19 |
Personalities
[edit | edit source]- Arturs Alberings (1876–1934), Prime Minister of Latvia from 7 May 1926 to 18 December 1926
- Dāvis Bertāns, basketball player, 1992
- Gustav Klutsis (1895–1938), constructivist photographer and graphic designer
- Kārlis Pētersons (1903 – possibly in 1980), wrestler
- Moses Wolf Goldberg (1905–1964), chemist
- Edvīns Bietags (1908–1983), wrestler
- Nehemiah Levanon (1915–2003), Israeli official
Gallery
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Town hall's tower
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Town's center
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Rūjiena secondary school
See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ (in Latvian) Latvian population statistics of 2010
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Error creating thumbnail: File missing Media related to Lua error in Module:Commons_link at line 62: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). at Wikimedia Commons
- (in Latvian) Official website of Rūjiena
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