Pārgauja Municipality () is a former
municipality
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The term ''municipality' ...
in
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 ...
,
Latvia
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. The municipality was formed in 2009 by
merging Raiskums Parish,
Stalbe Parish and
Straupe Parish
Straupe Parish () is an administrative unit of Cēsis Municipality in the Vidzeme region of Latvia (Prior to 2009, it was an administrative unit of Cēsis district). The administrative center is the village of Plācis.
Towns, villages and settle ...
, the administrative centre being
Stalbe. As of 2020, the population was 3,576.
On 1 July 2021, Pārgauja 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 ...
.
Twin towns — sister cities
Pārgauja is
twinned with:
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Motta Santa Lucia, Italy
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Oarja, Romania
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Rîșcani
Rîșcani (, also spelled ''Râșcani'') is a city in Moldova. It is located in the north-western part of the country, in the old Bessarabia region. It is the largest city and administrative center of Riscani District. Spread across an area of ...
, Moldova
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Spydeberg
Spydeberg was a municipality in former Østfold county, Norway, until December 31. 2019. At January 1. 2020 it became a part of the new and greater municipality named Indre Østfold Kommune after the region, together with Askim and Trøgstad and ...
, Norway
See also
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Administrative divisions of Latvia
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 ...
References
Former municipalities of Latvia
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