Ķekava Municipality () is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

Latvia Latvia, officially the Republic of Latvia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is one of the three Baltic states, along with Estonia to the north and Lithuania to the south. It borders Russia to the east and Belarus to t ...

. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Baloži

town A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...

, Daugmale Parish and Ķekava Parish, the administrative centre being

Ķekava Ķekava (historical ) is a city in Latvia, in the historical region of Vidzeme. It is on the left side of the , a tributary of the Daugava River. Ķekava serves as the center of Ķekava Municipality and Ķekava Parish. Etymology According to ...

. On 1 July 2021, Ķekava Municipality was enlarged when the former

Baldone Municipality Baldone Municipality () is a former Latvian municipality situated partly in the province of Semigallia and partly in Vidzeme Vidzeme (; Old Latvian orthography: ''Widda-semme'', ) is one of the Historical Latvian Lands. The capital of Lat ...

was merged into it. The territory of Ķekava Municipality is defined by Latvian law as belonging partly of the region of

Vidzeme Vidzeme (; Old Latvian orthography: ''Widda-semme'', ) 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 north-centra ...

and partly to

Semigallia Semigallia is one of the Historical Latvian Lands located to the south of the Daugava and to the north of the Saule region of Samogitia. The territory is split between Latvia and Lithuania, previously inhabited by the Semigallian Baltic tri ...

Sightseeing

* Local History Museum of Ķekava * Museum of Daugmale elementary school * Pines of Katlakalns * Ostvald's canal * Ķekava (Dole) Lutheran Church * Lutheran church in Odukalns * Katlakalns Church * Dole Recreation center * Ķekava primary school * Manor house of Rāmava * Memorial stone to honor repressed people from the region * E. Ostwald's Memorial stone * Gravestones of

Garlieb Merkel Garlieb Helwig Merkel ( in Lēdurga Parish (now Sigulda Municipality), Kreis Riga – in Riga) was a Baltic Germans, Baltic German writer and activist and an early Estophile and Latvians, Lettophile. Merkel was born into the family of a rur ...

and Johann Heinrich Baumann in Katlakalns cemetery * Memorial stone for Roberts Mūrnieks * Memorial stone "Refugee road" * Jāņi Hill – sacred hill of ancestors * Death Island * World War I cemetery at Truseļi * Katlakalns World War I cemetery * Baloži ''Frog'' * Fountain in Baloži * Titurga lake * Daugmale castle mound * Mūlkalns

Twin towns — sister cities

Ķekava is twinned with: * Bordesholm, Germany *

Braslaw Braslaw or Braslav (; ; Lithuanian: Breslauja; Polish: Brasław) is a town in Vitebsk Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Braslaw District. As of 2025, it has a population of 9,338. History The town was first mention ...

, Belarus *

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, Poland * Nilüfer, Turkey * Nizami, Azerbaijan *

Pskov Pskov ( rus, Псков, a=Ru-Псков.oga, p=psˈkof; see also Names of Pskov in different languages, names in other languages) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city in northwestern Russia and the administrative center of Pskov O ...

, Russia *

Raseiniai Raseiniai (; Samogitian dialect, Samogitian: ''Raseinē'') is a city in Lithuania. It is located on the south eastern foothills of the Samogitians highland, some north from the A1 highway (Lithuania), Kaunas–Klaipėda highway. History Grand ...

, Lithuania *

Lerum Lerum is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Lerum Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 43 570 inhabitants in 2024. Overview Lerum has a station on the Gothenburg commuter rail system and is a suburb of Gothenburg ...

, Sweden

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* Municipalities of Latvia Vidzeme Semigallia {{Zemgale-geo-stub

Sightseeing

Twin towns — sister cities

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