Cesvaine Municipality ( lv, Cesvaines novads) is a former
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
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 n ...
,
Latvia
Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of ...
. The municipality was formed in 2009 by reorganization of
Cesvaine
Cesvaine () (german: Seßwegen) ) is a town in Madona Municipality, Vidzeme Region, Latvia. It is home to the Cesvaine Palace, built in 1896 near the ruins of previous medieval castles.
History
During the period before the Livonian Crusade in t ...
town with its countryside territory, the administrative centre being Cesvaine. In 2010
Cesvaine Parish was created from the countryside territory of Cesvaine town. As of 2020, the population was 2,266.
On 1 July 2021, Cesvaine Municipality ceased to exist and its territory was merged into
Madona Municipality
Madona Municipality ( lv, Madonas novads) is a municipality in Vidzeme, Latvia. The administrative center is Madona.
The total area of the municipality is , and the population in January 2013 was 26,953.Madona municipality Population Register Of ...
.
Twin towns — sister cities
Cesvaine was
twinned with:
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Coulaines
Coulaines () is a commune in the Sarthe department in the Pays de la Loire region in north-western France. Its sister city is Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, United States.
Population
See also
* Communes of the Sarthe department
* Treaty of Coulain ...
, France
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Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
Dnipropetrovsk Oblast ( uk, Дніпропетро́вська о́бласть, translit=Dnipropetrovska oblast), also referred to as Dnipropetrovshchyna ( uk, Дніпропетро́вщина), is an administrative divisions of Ukraine, obla ...
, Ukraine
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Lagardelle-sur-Lèze
Lagardelle-sur-Lèze (, literally ''Lagardelle on Lèze''; oc, La Gardèla de Lesa) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France.
Population
The inhabitants of the commune are called ''Lagardellois'' in French.
Twinning ...
, France
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Märjamaa
Märjamaa is a borough ( et, alev) in Rapla County, Estonia. It is the administrative center of Märjamaa Parish. Märjamaa has a population of 2,961 as of 29 November 2012, making it the largest settlement in the whole of Märjamaa Parish.
Nota ...
, Estonia
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Volkhov
Volkhov (russian: Во́лхов) is an industrial town and the administrative center of Volkhovsky District in Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the river Volkhov east of St. Petersburg. Population:
It was previously known as ''Zvanka ...
, Russia
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Weyhe
Weyhe is a municipality in the district of Diepholz, Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 15 km south of Bremen.
History
First mentioned in 860, when a sick girl from "Wege" travelled to the grave of Saint Willehad in Bremen ...
, Germany
Gallery
Cesvaine loss 01.JPG, Cesvaine Palace
Cesvaine Palace ( lv, Cesvaines pils; german: Schloss Seßwegen) is located in the town of Cesvaine, Latvia in Madona Municipality. Next to the palace lies remains of the old bishop's castle.
History
Cesvaine Palace was built in 1896 for the Germ ...
Cesvaine piiskopilinnus.JPG, Cesvaine Castle ruins
Cesvaine Lutheran Church 01.JPG, Cesvaine Lutheran Church
See also
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Administrative divisions of Latvia
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 ...
References
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Former municipalities of Latvia
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