Mālpils Municipality ( lv, Mālpils 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 reorganization of

Mālpils parish Mālpils (german: Lemburg) is a village in Mālpils Parish, Sigulda Municipality, Latvia. Mālpils had 1,838 residents as of 2020. History Between 1386 and 1413 the fortress Lemburg of the Teutonic Order was created. From the 15th centur ...

. The administrative centre was

Mālpils Mālpils (german: Lemburg) is a village in Mālpils Municipality, Mālpils Parish, Sigulda Municipality, Latvia. Mālpils had 1,838 residents as of 2020. History Between 1386 and 1413 the fortress Lemburg of the State of the Teutonic Order ...

. On 1 July 2021, Mālpils Municipality ceased to exist and its territory was merged into

Sigulda Municipality Sigulda Municipality ( lv, Siguldas novads) is a municipality in Vidzeme, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2003 by merging Sigulda town, Sigulda Parish and More Parish. In 2009 it absorbed Allaži parish, too; the administrative centre bein ...

as Mālpils Parish.
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