Walk was the historical German name for the town that is since 1920 divided into Valga in Estonia and Valka in Latvia. After 1419 it was the seat of the Landtag of the Livonian Confederation.
Demographics +Ethnic composition 1897Ethnicity1897amount%Latvians445340.8Estonians359432.9Russians121411.1Germans114510.5Jews3032.77Poles1971.80other160.15Total10922100 +Religious composition 1897Religion1897amount%Protestants786272.0Eastern Orthodox240322.0Orthodox Old Believers530.49Roman Catholic2222.03Jewish3803.48Muslims10.001Other Christian denominations10.001Other non-Christian denominations00Total10922100
See also List of German exonyms for places in Estonia List of German exonyms for places in Latvia
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