Pilskalne Parish () is an administrative unit of
Augšdaugava Municipality
Augšdaugava Municipality (, "upper Daugava municipality") is one of the 35 municipalities established in Latvia in 2021. It surrounds the independent city of Daugavpils and its municipal headquarters are located there. Its first elected municipa ...
in the
Selonia
Selonia (; ), also known as Augšzeme (the "Highland"), is one of the Historical Latvian Lands encompassing the eastern part of the historical region of Semigallia () as well as a portion of northeastern Lithuania. Its main city and cultural ce ...
region of
Latvia
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(From 2009 until 2021, it was part of the former
Ilūkste Municipality and before 2009 of the
Daugavpils district).
Villages
* Middle-sized villages (''vidējciemi'', 2):
**
Pilskalne (parish centre) – 223 inhabitants (2009)
**
Doļnaja – 167 inhabitants (2000)
* Small villages (''mazciemi'', 4):
**Grivka
**Kazimiriški
**Sabaļi
**Voitusola
* Scattered villages (''skrajciemi'', 19):
** Boltaiskrūgs
** Dronkusola
** Gekeļi
** Jaunlaši
** Kalniški
** Kalvāni
** Koņecpole
** Kreposte
** Kūliņi
** Lajiški
** Liellazdas
** Ludvigova
** Padomnieki
** Pristaņa
** Pupiņi
** Timšāni
** Vigodka
** Vilcāni
** Zamečka
Demographics
According to the 2000 census, out of 1,305 inhabitants of the parish 954 (73,1%) were ethnic
Latvians
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, 127 (9,7%) were
Russians
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and 127 (9,7%) were
Poles
Pole or poles may refer to:
People
*Poles (people), another term for Polish people, from the country of Poland
* Pole (surname), including a list of people with the name
* Pole (musician) (Stefan Betke, born 1967), German electronic music artist
...
.
References
External links
Pilskalne parish
Augšdaugava Municipality
Parishes of Latvia
Selonia
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