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Aizkraukle Municipality

Aizkraukle Municipality Aizkraukles novads
Municipality
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Country	Latvia
Formed	2001
Reformed	2021
Centre	Aizkraukle
Government
• Council Chair	Leons Līdums (VP)
Area ^[1]
• 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.aizkraukle.lv

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]

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

Twin towns – sister cities

Aizkraukle is twinned with:^[4]

Biržai, Lithuania
Eppstein, Germany
Kiskunhalas, Hungary
Slavutych, Ukraine
Tczew, Poland
Thale, Germany

Images

Aizkraukle Municipality Council building
Landscape in Pilskalne Parish
Monument to Jānis Jaunsudrabiņš in Nereta Parish
Jaunjelgava Parish administration building
Pļaviņas Hydroelectric Power Station
Koknese Castle Ruins
Skrīveri Confectionary Plant, notable for its Gotiņa milk caramels
Bebri Potato Mutiny of 1841 [lv] Memorial in Jaunbebri Manor
Monument to folklorist Gotthard Friedrich Stender at Sunākste Church

See also

Administrative divisions of Latvia

References

^ "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.

v t e First-level administrative divisions of Latvia
Municipalities	Ādaži Aizkraukle Alūksne Augšdaugava Balvi Bauska Cēsis Dobele Gulbene Jelgava Jēkabpils Ķekava Krāslava Kuldīga Limbaži Līvāni Ludza Madona Mārupe Ogre Olaine Preiļi Rēzekne Ropaži Salaspils Saldus Saulkrasti Sigulda Smiltene South Kurzeme Talsi Tukums Valka Valmiera Varakļāni Ventspils
State cities	Daugavpils Jelgava Jūrmala Liepāja Rēzekne Riga Ventspils
Jēkabpils, Ogre and Valmiera are also state cities. However, they are also part of municipalities and serve as second-level administrative divisions.

56°36′15″N 25°15′14″E / 56.60417°N 25.25389°E / 56.60417; 25.25389

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