Place:Aloja, Latvia

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NameAloja
Alt namesAloja Muizasource: NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
TypeInhabited place
Coordinates57.767°N 24.883°E
Located inLatvia
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Aloja is a town in Limbaži Municipality in the Vidzeme region of Latvia, close to the border with Estonia. Until 2009 it was within the former Limbaži District.

Aloja as a settlement was first mentioned in written sources in 1449. Aloja saw rapid development after Latvian agrarian reforms in 1920. In 1925 Aloja was granted a status of a village and it became also a centre of the parish. In 1936 new Rīga- Rūjiena railway line was constructed through Aloja. In 1992 Aloja was granted town rights. From 2009 until 2021, Aloja was the administrative center of the former Aloja Municipality.

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