Aizkraukle Municipality
Aizkraukle Municipality (Latvian: Aizkraukles novads) is a municipality in Vidzeme, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2001 by merging town Aizkraukle and Aizkraukle Parish the administrative centre being Aizkraukle. The population in 2020 was 8,024.[3]
Aizkraukle Municipality
Aizkraukles novads | |
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| Country |  Latvia |
| Formed | 2001 |
| Reformed | 2021 |
| Centre | Aizkraukle |
| Government | |
| • Council Chair | Leons Līdums (VP) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,274.24 km2 (878.09 sq mi) |
| • Land | 2,196.74 km2 (848.17 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | |
| • Total | 28,950 |
| • Density | 13/km2 (33/sq mi) |
| Website | www |
As a part of the 2021 Latvian administrative reform, the municipalities of Aizkraukle, Jaunjelgava, Koknese, Nereta, Pļaviņas and Skrīveri were merged into the new Aizkraukle Municipality. The new municipality encompasses nearly all of the area of the former Aizkraukle District, with the omission of Kurmene Parish and Valle Parish.
Subdivisions
- Aiviekste Parish
- Aizkraukle Parish
- Aizkraukle
- Bebri Parish
- Daudzese Parish
- Irši Parish
- Jaunjelgava Parish
- Jaunjelgava
- Klintaine Parish
- Koknese Parish
- Koknese
- Mazzalve Parish
- Nereta Parish
- Pilskalne Parish
- Pļaviņas
- Sece Parish
- Sērene Parish
- Skrīveri Parish
- Staburags Parish
- Sunākste Parish
- Vietalva Parish
- Zalve Parish
Twin towns – sister cities
Images
Borders from 2001 to 2021
Aizkraukle Municipality Council building
Landscape in Pilskalne Parish
Monument to Jānis Jaunsudrabiņš in Nereta Parish
Jaunjelgava Parish administration building
Skrīveri Confectionary Plant, notable for its Gotiņa milk caramels
Potato Mutiny of 1841 memorial in Vecbebri
Monument to folklorist Gotthard Friedrich Stender at Sunākste Church
See also
References
- "Reģionu, novadu, pilsētu un pagastu kopējā un sauszemes platība gada sākumā". Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
- "Iedzīvotāju skaits pēc tautības reģionos, pilsētās, novados, pagastos, apkaimēs un blīvi apdzīvotās teritorijās gada sākumā (pēc administratīvi teritoriālās reformas 2021. gadā) 2021 - 2022". Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
- "ISG020. Population number and its change by statistical region, city, town, 21 development centres and county". Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. 2020-01-01. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
- "Starptautiskā sadarbība". aizkraukle.lv (in Latvian). Aizkraukles novads. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
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