Daugavpils Municipality

Daugavpils Municipality Daugavpils novads
Former municipality
Flag Coat of arms
Country	Latvia
Formed	2009
Centre	Daugavpils (extraterritorially)
Government
• Council Chair	Arvīds Kucins (Daugavpils Municipality Party)
Area [1]
• Total	1,876.06 km^2 (724.35 sq mi)
• Land	1,793.90 km^2 (692.63 sq mi)
• Water	82.16 km^2 (31.72 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]
• Total	19,553
• Density	10/km^2 (27/sq mi)
Website	www.daugavpilsnovads.lv

Daugavpils Municipality (Latvian: Daugavpils novads) was a municipality in Latgale, Latvia from 2009 to 2021.

It was formed in 2009 by merging Ambeļi parish, Biķernieki parish, Demene parish, Dubna parish, Kalkūne parish, Kalupe parish, Laucesa parish, Līksna parish, Maļinova parish, Medumi parish, Naujene parish, Nīcgale parish, Saliena parish, Skrudaliena parish, Svente parish, Tabore parish, Vabole parish, Vecsaliena parish and Višķi parish, with the administration located in Daugavpils city, which was not included within the municipality.

After the 2021 reform it merged with Ilūkste Municipality to form the Augšdaugava Municipality within the borders of the former Daugavpils District.

As of 2020, the population was 19,639.^[3]

Demographics

Ethnic composition

As of 1 January 2010 the ethnic composition of the municipality is as follows:^[4]

Ethnic group	Number	%
Russians	12182	42,72 %
Latvians	9494	33,29 %
Poles	3673	12,88 %
Belarusians	1898	6,66 %
Ukrainians	411	1,44 %
Others	859	3,01 %

Twin towns — sister cities

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

Daugavpils Municipality is twinned with:^[5]

• Bad Doberan, Germany
• Braslaw, Belarus
• Edineț, Moldova
• Hlybokaye, Belarus
• Ichnia, Ukraine
• Łomża, Poland
• Rokiškis, Lithuania
• Sharkawshchyna, Belarus
• Vitebsk, Belarus
• Zarasai, Lithuania
• Zaraysky District, Russia

Gallery

• 
  Nīcgale Nativity of the Virgin Mary Roman Catholic Church
• 
  The Daugava River in the Bows of the Daugava Nature Park
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  Svente manor
• 
  Elerne Roman Catholic (formerly Lutheran) Church, Tabore parish
• 
  Līksna Sacred Heart of Jesus Roman Catholic Church
• 
  The Daugava River
• 
  Medumi secondary school
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  Great stone of Nīcgale
• 
  Roman Catholic church in Višķi

See also

• Administrative divisions of Latvia

References

1. Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia https://data.stat.gov.lv/pxweb/lv/OSP_PUB/START__ENV__DR__DRT/DRT010/. Retrieved 25 February 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
2. Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia https://data.stat.gov.lv/pxweb/lv/OSP_PUB/START__POP__IR__IRS/IRD060/. Retrieved 15 June 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
3. "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.
4. "Iedzīvotāju skaits pašvaldībās pēc nacionālā sastāva 01.01.2010" (PDF). Pilsonības un migrācijas lietu pārvalde. 2010-01-23. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-02. Retrieved 2010-06-26.
5. "About the district". daugavpilsnovads.lv. Daugavpils novads. Retrieved 2019-09-06.

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