Rūjiena

• Name — Rūjiena • Type — Town • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Latvia • Subdivision Type1 — Municipality • Subdivision Name1 — Valmiera • Subdivision Type2 — Town • Subdivision Name2 — Rūjiena • Established Title — Town rights • Established Date — 1920 • Leader Title — Mayor • Leader Name — Guntis Gladkins • Leader Title1 — City council • Leader Name1 — 9 members • Population As Of — formatDate • Population Density Km2 — auto • Population Density Metro Km2 — auto • Postal Code Type — Postal code • Postal Code — LV-4240 • Area Code Type — Calling code • Area Code — +371 642 • Time Zone1 — EET • Utc Offset1 — +2 • Time Zone1 Dst — EEST • Utc Offset1 Dst — +3 • Website — http: www.rujiena.lv/ • Custom Label Sec1 — Climate • Custom Data Sec1 — Dfb

The town is located in northern Latvia, near the border with Estonia, in the historical region of Vidzeme (anciently part of Livonia). It is from Valmiera, from Pärnu and from Riga.

Rūjiena has a humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb).

In 2021, the town had 2,725 inhabitants, 95% of whom were ethnically Latvians.

• Year — Population — Latvians — Russians — Belarusians — Ukrainians — Poles — Lithuanians — Others • 2000 — 3721 — 3543 — 95 — 17 — 24 — 17 — 7 — 18 • 2021 — 2683 — 2558 — 61 — 13 — 18 — 11 — 3 — 19

• 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

• Illustration — Town hall's tower • Illustration — Town's center • Illustration — Rūjiena secondary school