Olaine Municipality

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Olaine Municipality
Olaines novads
Municipality
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CountryFlag of Latvia.svg  Latvia
Formed2009
Centre Olaine
Government
 • Council Chair Andris Bergs (LSDSP)
Area
[1]
 • Total308.68 km2 (119.18 sq mi)
 • Land297.15 km2 (114.73 sq mi)
 • Water11.53 km2 (4.45 sq mi)
Population
 (2023) [2]
 • Total20,505
 • Density66/km2 (170/sq mi)
Website www.olaine.lv

Olaine Municipality (Latvian : Olaines novads) is a municipality in Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Olaine parish and Olaine town the administrative centre being Olaine. The population in 2020 was 119,667. [3]

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After the 2021 administrative reform, a part of Ķekava Parish of Ķekava Municipality (near the village of Jāņupe) was added to connect both of the separated areas of the municipality.

Twin towns — sister cities

Olaine is twinned with: [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Reģionu, novadu, pilsētu un pagastu kopējā un sauszemes platība gada sākumā". Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  2. ↑ "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 2 October 2023.
  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. ↑ "Olaines novada – Attīstības programma 2014. – 2020. gadam" (PDF). olaine.lv (in Latvian). Olaine. p. 63. Retrieved 2019-08-31.

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