Numbers and facts

City

The first time in historical documents city mentioned in 1285 year.
City rights got in 1773 year.
Area – 17.5 square kilometre.

Distance between Rezekne and the major cities of Latvia

Distance from Rezekne, km	The cities of Latvia
242	Rīga
93	Daugavpils
279	Jelgava
273	Jūrmala
457	Liepāja
434	Ventspils

Citizens

Count at the begin of 2012 - 31,351 people.
Density at the begin of 2012- 1803,4 (people/km2).

International cooperation

In 1994 Rezekne City Council entered in the public organization “Union of the Baltic Cities”.
From 1998 Rezekne is participant of Euro-region "Land of lakes".

Country	City	The year of the cooperation begin	Links
Norway	Arendal	1994	www.arendal.kommune.no
Poland	Czestochowa	1994	www.czestochowa.pl
Belarus	Vitebsk	1995	www.gorod.vitebsk.by
Russia	Lianozovo	2003	lianozovo.lianet.ru
Russia	Dmitrov	2004	dmitrov-reg.ru
Poland	Suvalki	2005	www.suwalki.com.pl
Russia	Novosokolniki District of the Pskov region	2006	www.pskov.ru
Russia	Velikiye Luki District of the Pskov region	2006	www.pskov.ru
Italy	Lainate	2006	www.comune.lainate.mi.it

Employment

The number of the employees working in Rezekne enterprises (according to the key industry and factual working place) in 2004-2005

Sector	The number of the employees
Sector	in 2004	in 2005	in 2005, %
Agriculture, forestry	98	146	1,0
Industry - electrical energy, gas and water supply	3774	3670	23,8
Construction	864	919	6,0
Wholesale and retail, repairs of cars, bikes, household equipment	2414	2507	16,3
Hotels and restaurants	287	224	1,4
Transport, storage and communication	1841	1890	12,2
Finance intermediation	233	231	1,5
Operations with the real estate, rent and other commercial activity	553	715	4,6
State administration and national defence, mandatory social insurance	1542	1738	11,3
Education	1674	1693	11,0
Health and social care	1002	1008	6,5
Public, social and individual services	625	680	4,4
Whole	14907	15421	100

The demand and supply of workforce in the labour market in Rezekne, 2006, %

Groups of professions	The demand of working places from the employers	The supply of the workforce, ESA Rezekne branch
Groups of professions	% from totality
	Rezekne and Rezekne region	Rezekne	Rezekne region
I - State senior officials and managers	1	2	1
II - senior specialists	2	4	2
III - specialists	3	7	4
IV - salaried personnel	4	5	4
V - the employees of services and trade	14	17	11
VI - qualified agriculture and fishery employees	6	1	5
VII - qualified workers and craftsmen	18	19	11
VIII - the operators of equipment and machines and manufacture assemblers	18	13	14
IX - simple professions	34	19	32
With out professions		13	16
Whole:	100	100	100

More at http://www.nva.lv/rezekne

Business

Economically active enterprises and companies in Rezekne in 2005 and 2006 in division according to the kind of economical activity

	The number of enterprises and companies according to the location of the office
	2005. year	2006. year*
Total	679	733
Industry, agriculture, fishery, electrical energy, gas and water supply	90	88
Construction	35	37
Wholesale and retail, repairs of cars, bikes, household equipment	332	349
Hotels and restaurants	22	29
Transport, storage and communication	73	67
Finance intermediation, operations with the real estate, rent, computer services and other commercial services	86	89
Other kinds of economical activities, NACE1.1.-M.N.O sections	41	74
* provisory data

Special economic zone of Rezekne (RSEZ)

Established in 1997.
Area – 1220 hectares.
Emplojees in RSEZ institutions – 2450 people.
RSEZ turnover in 2006 - 31,5 millions (LVL).

Copmanies, what has got status of RSEZ institution:

RSEZ "Rebir" SC (engineering and metal working);
RSEZ "Verems" Ltd (manufacture of veneer);
RSEZ "Rēzeknes Dzirnavnieks" SC (storage and of processing of grain);
RSEZ "Maģistr- Fiskevegn Group" Ltd (manufacture of mooring);
RSEZ "DFD" Ltd (manufacture of beer).

Allowances of real estate of RSEZ from 2004 till 2006 year (in thousands, LVL)

	2004 year	2005 year	2006 year
Allowances of real estate	26,1	27,4	27,6

More at http://www.rsez.lv