List of former cities of Latvia

Former cities of Latvia are entities that once had city rights and were located in the territory of Latvia. The main reasons why these entities have lost their status as cities of Latvia are destructions due to wars or mergers into larger entities.

City	City rights	Lost	Reason
Abrene pronunciation	1933		Transferred to the Russian SFSR in 1944. Now Pytalovo in the Russian Federation
Gostiņi pronunciation	1933	1956	Merged into Pļaviņas
Grīva pronunciation	1917	1956	Merged into Daugavpils;
Kalnciems pronunciation	1991	2010	The town and its rural territory was transformed into parish
Koknese pronunciation	1277[1]		Lost its significance after Polish-Swedish Wars and Great Northern War, and Plague in 1709–1710 that killed 80% of inhabitants
Krustpils pronunciation	1920	1964	Merged into Jēkabpils
Ķemeri pronunciation	1928	1959	Merged with Rīgas Jūrmala and Sloka to form Jūrmala
Lejasciems pronunciation	1928	1939	Lost its significance
Rauna pronunciation	1590		The 16th to 18th century wars town completely destroyed and the present Rauna settlements origins in the 19th century.
Rīgas Jūrmala pronunciation	1920	1946	Merged into Riga; Later merged with Ķemeri and Sloka to form Jūrmala
Sēlpils pronunciation	1621	around 1705	Lost its significance after Great Northern War
Sloka pronunciation	1785	1959	Merged with Rīgas Jūrmala and Ķemeri to form Jūrmala
Straupe pronunciation	1356[1]		Lost its significance after wars in the 17th century

See also

• List of cities in Latvia

References

1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 11 July 2010. Retrieved 17 September 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)