Pļaviņas Municipality
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Pļaviņas Municipality () is a former
municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''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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. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging
Aiviekste parish Aiviekste Parish () is an administrative unit of Aizkraukle Municipality, Latvia. The administrative center is . As of 2024, the population of Aiviekste Parish is 539. Before 2021, the parish had been a part of Daugavpils county, Jēkabpils co ...
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Klintaine parish Klintaine Parish () is an administrative unit of Aizkraukle Municipality in the Vidzeme region of Latvia Latvia, officially the Republic of Latvia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is one of the three Baltic states ...
, Vietalva parish and
Pļaviņas Pļaviņas (; ) is a town in Aizkraukle Municipality in Latvia. The town is located on the Daugava river. The population in 2020 was 2,974. Latvian law defines the town of Pļaviņas as belonging partly to the Vidzeme region and partly to Latgale ...
town A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...
the administrative centre being Pļaviņas. The population in 2020 was 4,808. On 1 July 2021, Pļaviņas Municipality ceased to exist and its territory was merged into
Aizkraukle Municipality Aizkraukle Municipality () is a municipality in Vidzeme, Latvia. Its center is the town of Aizkraukle. The municipality was first formed in 2001 by merging Aizkraukle and Aizkraukle Parish. The population in 2020 was 8,024. As a part of the Admin ...
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See also

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Lokstene Shrine of Dievturi Lokstene Shrine of Dievturi () is a Dievturība, Dievturi religious building in Aizkraukle Municipality, in the Vidzeme region of Latvia. It was inaugurated in 2017 and is used by the organization Latvijas Dievturu sadraudze for devotional ceremo ...
* Administrative divisions of Latvia (2009)


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