Aglona Municipality

Aglona Municipality Aglonas novads
Former municipality
Flag Coat of arms
Country	Latvia
Formed	2009
Dissolved	2021
Centre	Aglona
Government
• Council Chair (last)	Juris Butēvics (Grāveri Parish List)
Area [1]
• Total	392.54 km2 (151.56 sq mi)
• Land	357.74 km2 (138.12 sq mi)
• Water	34.8 km2 (13.4 sq mi)
Population  (2021) [2]
• Total	3,042
• Density	8.503/km2 (22.02/sq mi)
Website	www.aglona.lv

Aglona Municipality (Latvian : Aglonas novads) was a municipality in Latgale, Latvia. The administrative centre was Aglona.

The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Aglona Parish of the dissolved Preiļi district and Grāveri Parish, Kastuļina Parish and Šķeltova Parish of the former Krāslava district. The population in 2020 was 3,099. ^[3]

On 1 July 2021, Aglona Municipality ceased to exist. Aglona Parish was merged into Preiļi Municipality, and Grāveri Parish, Kastuļina Parish and Šķeltova Parish were merged into Krāslava Municipality. ^[4]

See also

• Administrative divisions of Latvia (2009)

References

1. "Total and land area of regions, republican cities, counties, county towns and parishes at the beginning of the year - All territories, Indicators and Time period". Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
2. "Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia". Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
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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