Viesīte Municipality

Viesīte Municipality (Latvian: Viesītes novads) is a former municipality in Selonia, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Elkšņi parish, Rite parish, Sauka parish and Viesīte town with its countryside territory, the administrative centre being Viesīte. In 2010 Viesīte parish was created from the countryside territory of Viesīte town. The population in 2020 was 3,500.^[3]

Viesīte Municipality Viesītes novads
Municipality
Coat of arms
Country	Latvia
Formed	2009
Centre	Viesīte
Government
• Council Chair	Alfons Žuks (V)
Area [1]
• Total	651.15 km2 (251.41 sq mi)
• Land	626.62 km2 (241.94 sq mi)
• Water	24.53 km2 (9.47 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]
• Total	3,535
• Density	5.4/km2 (14/sq mi)
Website	www.viesite.lv

On 1 July 2021, Viesīte Municipality ceased to exist and its territory was merged into Jēkabpils Municipality.^[4]

Twin towns — sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Latvia

Viesīte is twinned with:^[5]

• Czeladź, Poland
• Pastavy District, Belarus
• Rokiškis, Lithuania
• Zhydachiv, Ukraine

See also

• Administrative divisions of Latvia

References

1. Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia https://data.stat.gov.lv/pxweb/lv/OSP_PUB/START__ENV__DR__DRT/DRT010/. Retrieved 25 February 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
2. Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia https://data.stat.gov.lv/pxweb/lv/OSP_PUB/START__POP__IR__IRS/IRD060/. Retrieved 15 June 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
3. "ISG020. Population number and its change by statistical region, city, town, 21 development centres and counties". Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. 2020-01-01. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
4. "Administratīvo teritoriju un apdzīvoto vietu likums". LIKUMI.LV (in Latvian). Retrieved 2024-08-08.
5. "Starptautiskā sadarbība". viesite.lv (in Latvian). Viesīte. Retrieved 2019-09-01.

External links

• Media related to Viesīte Municipality at Wikimedia Commons

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