Priekuļi Municipality ( lv, Priekuļu 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 ...

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 merging

Liepa Parish Liepa Parish ( lv, Liepas pagasts) is an administrative territorial entity of Cēsis Municipality in the Vidzeme region of Latvia. Prior to 2009, it was an administrative unit of the former Cēsis District. History Liepa Parish was established ...

, Mārsnēni Parish, Priekuļi Parish and Veselava Parish, the administrative centre being

Priekuļi Priekuļi (german: Freudenberg) is a village in Priekuļi Parish, Cēsis Municipality in the Vidzeme region of Latvia. It is situated 7 kilometres east of Cēsis Cēsis (), (german: Wenden, liv, Venden, et, Võnnu, pl, Kieś) is a town i ...

. As of 2020, the population was 7,556. On 1 July 2021, Priekuļi Municipality ceased to exist and its territory was merged into Cēsis Municipality.
Law on Administrative Territories and Populated Areas

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Former municipalities of Latvia {{Vidzeme-geo-stub

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