Rugāji Municipality

Rugāji Municipality Rugāju novads
Municipality
Coat of arms
Country	Latvia
Formed	2009
Centre	Rugāji
Government
• Council Chair	Sandra Kapteine (United for the Municipality)
Area [1]
• Total	514.88 km^2 (198.80 sq mi)
• Land	504.56 km^2 (194.81 sq mi)
• Water	10.32 km^2 (3.98 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]
• Total	2,026
• Density	3.9/km^2 (10/sq mi)
Website	www.rugaji.lv

Rugāji Municipality (Latvian: Rugāju novads; Latgalian: Ruguoju nūvods) is a former municipality in Latgale, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Rugāji Parish and Lazdukalns Parish, the administrative centre being Rugāji. The population in 2020 was 2,061.^[3]

On 1 July 2021, Rugāji Municipality ceased to exist and its territory was merged into Balvi Municipality.^[4]

See also

• Administrative divisions of Latvia (2009)

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. "Administratīvo teritoriju un apdzīvoto vietu likums". LIKUMI.LV (in Latvian). Retrieved 2024-08-08.

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