Baldone Municipality ( lv, Baldones novads) is a former
Latvian municipality
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situated partly in the province of
Semigallia
Semigallia, also spelt Semigalia, ( lv, Zemgale; german: Semgallen; lt, Žiemgala; pl, Semigalia; liv, Zemgāl) is one of the Historical Latvian Lands located in the south of the Daugava river and the north of the Saule region of Samogitia. ...
and partly in
Vidzeme
Vidzeme (; Old Latvian orthography: ''Widda-semme'', liv, Vidūmō) is one of the Historical Latvian Lands. The capital of Latvia, Riga, is situated in the southwestern part of the region. Literally meaning "the Middle Land", it is situated in ...
. The municipality was formed in 2008 by
merging
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Baldone
Baldone (; german: Baldohn) is a town in Ķekava Municipality in the Semigallia region of Latvia. The town is famous for its sulfur water springs and was a spa resort.
Viktors Arājs was born there in 1910.
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town and its countryside territory, with the administrative centre being Baldone. In 2010
Baldone Parish was created from the countryside territory of Baldone town.
On 1 July 2021, Baldone Municipality ceased to exist and its territory was merged into
Ķekava Municipality
Ķekava Municipality ( lv, Ķekavas novads) is a municipality in Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Baloži town, Daugmale Parish and Ķekava Parish, the administrative centre being Ķekava.
On 1 July 2021, Ķekava Municip ...
.
Law on Administrative Territories and Populated Areas
See also
* Administrative divisions of Latvia (2009)
The current administrative division of Latvia came into force on 1 July 2021.
On 10 June 2020, the Saeima approved a municipal reform that would reduce the 110 municipalities and nine republic cities to 43 local government units consisting of 36 ...
References
Former municipalities of Latvia
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