The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Aloja town with its countryside territory, Staicele town with its countryside territory, Braslava Parish and Brīvzemnieki Parish, the administrative centre being Aloja.

In 2010 Aloja Parish was created from the countryside territory of Aloja town and Staicele Parish was created from the countryside territory of Staicele town.

[3] Aloja Municipality was located in the territory of the North Vidzeme Biosphere Reserve, its rural territories border with the Republic of Estonia, Kocēni, Mazsalaca, Salacgrīva and Limbaži counties.

There are two small towns in the territory of the county - Aloja and Staicele.

Distance to the capital Riga - 130 km This Vidzeme location article is a stub.