Daugavpils Municipality

Daugavpils Municipality (Latvian: Daugavpils novads) is a municipality in Latgalia, Latvia. The municipality 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 is not included within the municipality.

Daugavpils Municipality Daugavpils novads
Municipality
Flag Coat of arms
Country	Latvia
Formed	2009
Centre	Daugavpils (extraterritorially)
Government
• Council Chair	Arvīds Kucins (Daugavpils Municipality Party)
Area [1]
• Total	1,877.6 km^2 (724.9 sq mi)
Population  (2009)[2]
• Total	28,733
• Density	15/km^2 (40/sq mi)
Website	www.daugavpilsnovads.lv

Demographics

Ethnic composition

As of 1 January 2010 the ethnic composition of the municipality is as follows:[3]

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

Daugavpils Municipality is twinned with:[4]

• 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
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  Elerne Roman Catholic (formerly Lutheran) Church, Tabore parish
• 
  Līksna Sacred Heart of Jesus Roman Catholic Church
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  The Daugava River
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  Medumi secondary school
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  Great stone of Nīcgale
• 
  Roman Catholic church in Višķi

See also

• Administrative divisions of Latvia

References

1. The Ministry of Regional Development and Local Government of the Republic of Latvia Archived February 7, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
2. "The Central Election Commission of Latvia". Archived from the original on 2012-02-05. Retrieved 2009-08-05.
3. "Iedzīvotāju skaits pašvaldībās pēc nacionālā sastāva 01.01.2010" (PDF). Pilsonības un migrācijas lietu pārvalde. 2010-01-23. Retrieved 2010-06-26.
4. "About the district". daugavpilsnovads.lv. Daugavpils novads. Retrieved 2019-09-06.