Barkava Parish ( lv, Barkavas pagasts) is an administrative unit of
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 ...
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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 earliest source noting Barkava Parish as a territory dates back to 1866. In 1873 Barkava Parish merged with
Murmastiene Parish. The first noted area of Barkava Parish was 277.2 km², and was located in
Rezekne District. The first noted population was 5235 inhabitants according to the Fourth Population and Housing Census in Latvia.
References
Parishes of Latvia
Madona Municipality
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