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 | 2,274.27 km2 (878.10 sq mi) |
| • Land | 2,196.76 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
edit- 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
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Images
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Aizkraukle Municipality Council building -
Landscape in Pilskalne Parish -
Monument to Jānis Jaunsudrabiņš in Nereta Parish -
Jaunjelgava Parish administration building -
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Skrīveri Confectionary Plant, notable for its Gotiņa milk caramels -
![Bebri Potato Mutiny of 1841 [lv] Memorial in Jaunbebri Manor](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Potato_insurrection_memorial_site_Red_barn.jpg/120px-Potato_insurrection_memorial_site_Red_barn.jpg)
Bebri Potato Mutiny of 1841 Memorial in Jaunbebri Manor -
Monument to folklorist Gotthard Friedrich Stender at Sunākste Church
![Bebri Potato Mutiny of 1841 [lv] Memorial in Jaunbebri Manor](/wiki/File:Potato_insurrection_memorial_site_Red_barn.jpg)
See also
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edit- ^ "Reģionu, novadu, pilsētu un pagastu kopējā un sauszemes platība gada sākumā". Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
- ^ "Iedzīvotāju skaits pēc tautības reģionos, pilsētās, novados, pagastos, apkaimēs un blīvi apdzīvotās teritorijās gada sākumā (pēc administratīvi teritoriālās reformas 2021. gadā)". Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
- ^ "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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