Valmiera

"Valmiera (en alemán, Wolmar', en estonio, Volmari) es una ciudad de Letonia. Es de facto el centro administrativo y cultural de la región histórica de Vidzeme, antigua Livonia. La ciudad es también el centro del distrito de Valmiera (en letón Valmieras rajons)."

"Valmiera (; German: Wolmar, Russian: , Volmar, , Vladimirec Livonskij) is the largest city of the historical Vidzeme region, Latvia, with a total area of 18.1 square kilometres (7 square miles). It is the center of the Valmiera District. As of 2002, Valmiera had a population of 27,323, and in 2008 27,569. It lies at the crossroads of several important roads, 100 kilometres (62 miles) to the north-east from Riga, the capital of Latvia, and 50 km (31 mi) south of the border with Estonia. Valmiera lies on both banks of the Gauja River."