Blontinsky volost [1] or Blontinsky volost ( Latvian. Blontu pagasts ) - one of five volosts of the Tsiblsky edge . The volost center is the village of Blonti ( Latvian. Blonti ), 11 km north of the city of Ludza .
| Volost | |
| Blontino volost | |
|---|---|
| Latvian. Blontu pagasts | |
| A country |  Latvia |
| Included in | Tsibl region |
| Adm. Centre | Blonti |
| History and Geography | |
| Date of formation | |
| Square | 96.6 km² |
| Timezone | UTC + 2 |
| Population | |
| Population | ▲ 421 people ( 2015 ) |
| Density | 4.4 people / km² |
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In the northeast, the volost borders on the Border volost of the Krasnogorodsky district of the Pskov region of Russia .
Population
According to the 2011 census of Latvia, out of 717 inhabitants of the Blontine parish, Latvians accounted for 74.48% (534 people), Russians - 23.85% (171 people) [2] . At the beginning of 2015, the population of the volost is 421 permanent residents [3] .
Notes
- ↑ Formation of Russian adjectives from Latvian geographical names // Instructions for the Russian transfer of geographical names of the Latvian SSR / Compiled by G. N. Savvina . Editor: V.E. Staltman . - Moscow: TsNIIGAiK , 1989 .-- S. 26-28. - 300 copies.
- ↑ Population and ethnic composition of cities, territories and volosts of Latvia by census 2011
- ↑ Resident population by sex: cities of republican significance, territory, city and volost at the beginning and in the middle of the year (unavailable link) // Iedzīvotāji - Datubāze (Population. Database) Archived November 17, 2015 on Wayback Machine Centrālā statistikas pārvalde ( Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia) (Latvian)