Pļaviņas Municipality ( lv, Pļaviņu novads) is a former
municipality
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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
merging
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* Merge (linguistics), a basic syntactic operation in generative syntax in the Minimalist Program
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Aiviekste parish
Aiviekste Parish ( lv, Aiviekstes pagasts), is an administrative unit of Aizkraukle Municipality, Latvia. As of 2011 population of Aiviekste Parish is 818 people. Latvian law defines Aiviekste Parish as belonging partly to the Vidzeme region and ...
,
Klintaine parish
Klintaine Parish ( lv, Klintaines pagasts) is an administrative unit of Aizkraukle Municipality in the Vidzeme
Vidzeme (; Old Latvian orthography: ''Widda-semme'', liv, Vidūmō) is one of the Historical Latvian Lands. The capital of Latvi ...
,
Vietalva parish
Vietalva Parish ( lv, Vietalvas pagasts) is an administrative unit of Aizkraukle Municipality in the Vidzeme
Vidzeme (; Old Latvian orthography: ''Widda-semme'', liv, Vidūmō) is one of the Historical Latvian Lands. The capital of Latvia, ...
and
Pļaviņas
Pļaviņas (; german: Stockmannshof) is a town in Aizkraukle Municipality in Latvia. The town is located on the Daugava river. The population in 2020 was 2,974. Latvian law defines the town of Pļaviņas as belonging partly to the Vidzeme region an ...
town
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the administrative centre being Pļaviņas. The population in 2020 was 4,808.
On 1 July 2021, Pļaviņas Municipality ceased to exist and its territory was merged into
Aizkraukle Municipality
Aizkraukle Municipality ( lv, Aizkraukles novads) is a municipality in Vidzeme, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2001 by merging town Aizkraukle and Aizkraukle Parish the administrative centre being Aizkraukle. The population in 2020 was 8, ...
.
Law on Administrative Territories and Populated Areas
See also
* Lokstene Shrine of Dievturi
Lokstene Shrine of Dievturi ( lv, Lokstenes dievturu svētnīca) is a Dievturi religious building in Aizkraukle Municipality, in the Vidzeme region of Latvia. It was inaugurated in 2017 and is used by the organization Latvijas Dievturu sadraud ...
* 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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