Aizkraukle Municipality
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Aizkraukle Municipality (Latvian: Aizkraukles novads) is a municipality in Vidzeme, Latvia. Its center is the town of Aizkraukle. The municipality was first formed in 2001 by merging Aizkraukle and Aizkraukle Parish. 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 | 2,274.26 km2 (878.10 sq mi) |
| • Land | 2,196.75 km2 (848.17 sq mi) |
| Population (2024)[2] | |
• Total | 28,618 |
| • 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 a 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. It borders Lithuania and is partially located both in Vidzeme and Selonia.
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
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
Bebri Potato Mutiny of 1841 Memorial in Jaunbebri Manor
Monument to folklorist Gotthard Friedrich Stender at Sunākste Church
References
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