Priekuļi Municipality () is a former
municipality
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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 ...
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Latvia
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. The municipality was formed in 2009 by
merging Liepa Parish
Liepa Parish () is an administrative territorial entity of Cēsis Municipality in the Vidzeme region of Latvia
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Mārsnēni Parish
Mārsnēni Parish () is an administrative unit of Cēsis Municipality in the Vidzeme region of Latvia
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Priekuļi Parish
Priekuļi () is a village in Priekuļi Parish, Cēsis Municipality in the Vidzeme region of Latvia. It is situated 7 kilometres east of Cēsis and had 2,136 residents as of 2022.
Climate
Priekuļi has a humid continental climate (Köppen Köpp ...
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Veselava Parish, the administrative centre being
Priekuļi
Priekuļi () is a village in Priekuļi Parish, Cēsis Municipality in the Vidzeme region of Latvia. It is situated 7 kilometres east of Cēsis and had 2,136 residents as of 2022.
Climate
Priekuļi has a humid continental climate (Köppen Köppe ...
. As of 2020, the population was 7,556.
On 1 July 2021, Priekuļi Municipality ceased to exist and its territory was merged into
Cēsis Municipality
Cēsis Municipality () is a Administrative divisions of Latvia, municipality in Vidzeme region of Latvia. The town of Cēsis is the administrative centre of the municipality. As of 2021, the region had a population of 41,161 inhabitants, making it ...
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See also
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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 ...
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Former municipalities of Latvia
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