Preiļi Municipality

Municipality of Latvia

Municipality in Latvia

Preiļi Municipality

Preiļu novads

Municipality

Flag

Coat of arms

Country|  Latvia
Formed| 2000
Reformed| 2021
Centre| Preiļi
Government

• Council Chair| Ārijs Vucāns[1] (NA)
Area

[2]

• Total| 1,413.43 km2 (545.73 sq mi)
• Land| 1,343.61 km2 (518.77 sq mi)
Population

(2023)[3]

• Total| 16,037
• Density| 11/km2 (29/sq mi)
Website| www.preili.lv

Preiļi Municipality (Latvian: Preiļu novads) is a municipality in Latgale, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2000 by merging Aizkalne Parish, Preiļi Parish and Preiļi town. In 2009 it absorbed Pelēči Parish and Sauna Parish, too the administrative centre being Preiļi. The population in 2020 was 9,054.[4]

On 1 July 2021, Preiļi Municipality was enlarged when Riebiņi Municipality, Vārkava Municipality and Aglona Parish were merged into it.[5]

## Twin towns — sister cities[edit]

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Latvia

Preiļi is twinned with:[6]

* Nizhyn, Ukraine
* Ocnița, Moldova
* Sahil, Azerbaijan
* Utena, Lithuania

## See also[edit]

* Administrative divisions of Latvia

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Councillors of Preiļi Municipality".
2. ^ "Reģionu, novadu, pilsētu un pagastu kopējā un sauszemes platība gada sākumā". Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
3. ^ "Iedzīvotāju skaits pēc tautības reģionos, pilsētās, novados, pagastos, apkaimēs un blīvi apdzīvotās teritorijās gada sākumā (pēc administratīvi teritoriālās reformas 2021. gadā) 2021 - 2022". Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
4. ^ "ISG020. Population number and its change by statistical region, city, town, 21 development centres and county". Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. 2020-01-01. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
5. ^ [1] Law on Administrative Territories and Populated Areas
6. ^ "Starptautiskā sadarbība". preili.lv (in Latvian). Preiļi. Retrieved 2019-09-01.

* v
* t
* e

First-level administrative divisions of Latvia

Municipalities|

* Ādaži
* Aizkraukle
* Alūksne
* Augšdaugava
* Balvi
* Bauska
* Cēsis
* Dobele
* Gulbene
* Jelgava
* Jēkabpils
* Ķekava
* Krāslava
* Kuldīga
* Limbaži
* Līvāni
* Ludza
* Madona
* Mārupe
* Ogre
* Olaine
* Preiļi
* Rēzekne
* Ropaži
* Salaspils
* Saldus
* Saulkrasti
* Sigulda
* Smiltene
* South Kurzeme
* Talsi
* Tukums
* Valka
* Valmiera
* Varakļāni
* Ventspils

State cities|

* Daugavpils
* Jelgava
* Jūrmala
* Liepāja
* Rēzekne
* Riga
* Ventspils

Jēkabpils, Ogre and Valmiera are also state cities. However, they are also part of municipalities and serve as second-level administrative divisions.

56°18′N 26°43′E﻿ / ﻿56.300°N 26.717°E﻿ / 56.300; 26.717

This Latgale location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

|

* v
* t
* e

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template