TERRITORY

 533,1 ha (FORESTS– 21,2ha, parks 20,6ha, farmland 228,3ha)

POPULATION

 2322

LOCAL GOVERNMENT INSTITUTTIONS

Varaklani secondary school – Jaunatnes street 2

(principal Juris Daleckis – 4807085)

Varaklani music and art school – 1. Maija laukumā 4

(principal Valda Jermanova - 4860967)

Varaklani municipal primary school „Sprīdītis” – Rēzeknes street1

(head Valentīna Pelša - 4866530)

Varaklani old people’s home “Varavīksne” – Rēzeknes street 1

(head Valentīna Pelša - 4866530)

Varaklani community library – 1.Maija laukumā 4

(head Rasma Segale - 4860965)

Varaklani hospital – Pils ielā 25A

(board chairman  Olga Zepa - 4860730)

Varaklani town culture house – 1.Maija laukumā 4

(director Inta Cakule - 4860964)

Varaklani museum of local history – Pils street  29

(head Terese Korsaka - 48 66162)

Varaklani residential and public service enterprise – Rīgas street 13

(managing director Antons Strods - 4860711)

NON- GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS

„Solis solī”                                                      9423248

Union of disabled women “Aspazija”                9258242

Open public fund “Varakļōnīts”                        48 66650

 INDEPENDANT NEWSPAPER OF VARAKLANI REGION:

„Varakļōnīts” 48 66650 (editors: Aina Jaunzeme un Sanita Zaburdajeva)

LARGEST ENTERPRISES

SIA „Aļņi AS” – wood processing

Ozolu street  7 (4860740)

SIA „Kolors” – network of grocery stores

Kosmonautu street 3 (4807493;4807496)

SIA “Maveks – V” – wood processing

Dārzu street 1B (4860938)

SIA „Varlinde” – textile industry

Kosmonautu street 19 (4860971)

Chairman        

 Ivars Ikaunieks               

4860840;

9419134

Executive director                    

Jānis Siliņš                   

4860532;

6424078

Secretary                                 

Ilga Broka      

4860840

Head of registry office              

Anna Strode                

4860843

Chief accountant          

Baiba Spridzāne          

4860542;

6424148

Accounting office                                                         

4860842

Head of social aid center                                  

Sanita Senkāne             

4860844

Chairman of orphan court        

Leonora Laizāne          

4860841;

6439054

Between Teici bog in the west and Malta river in the east, 13 km south of Lubana lake there lies a small town of Varaklani having  rich historical heritage.

Varaklani is located near Rezekne –Jekabpils motorway 200 km from Riga. (Jēkabpils – 55 km; Rēzekne – 46 km; Madona – 55 km; Daugavpils – 100 km).

For the first time Varaklani was mentioned in historical sources in 1483 as a land owned by Livonia order master Bernta fon der Borh family. Count  Michael Borhs in 1789 built a stone palace according to the Project designed by the Italian architect Vincenco Macotti and set up a beautiful park with alleys of lime- trees , artifically made islands and ponds. In the palace park on the banks of the river  Kazavas lies a huge stone which is called “Stone of Love”. A lot of tales are associated with Borh family and this stone.

Now the palace houses the Varaklani museum of local history .

In 1814 M.Borh’s widow Eleanore  built a chapel in Varaklani and saint Victor’s ashes were brought there from Italy.

Under the vaults of the chapel cellar the Borh family rest in peace.

In 1854 count Carols Borhs built also a catholic church.

At the end of the 19th century a lutheran and orthodox churches were built, the latter burnt down in 1944.

The town status to Varaklani was given in 1928. During the world war II Varaklani was badly destroyed that is the reason for one- storeyed buildings which were  made of wood after the war.

Within the period of 1950 – 1956 Varaklani was a district center. Thanks to that  a secondary school building , hospital and culture house were built there.

In the sixties of the 20 th century the largest enterprises in Varaklani were PMK and flax factory. During that time new bloks of flats were built in Varaklani forming a new town area close to the school.