Aglona municipality
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Aglona municipality is a municipality
in Latgale
, Latvia
. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Aglona parish
, Grāveri parish
, Kastuļina parish
and Šķeltova parish
the administrative centre being Aglona
.
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
in Latgale
Latgale
Latgale is one of the four historical and cultural regions of Latvia recognised in the Constitution of the Latvian Republic. It is the easternmost region north of the Daugava River...
, Latvia
Latvia
Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...
. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Aglona parish
Aglona parish
- Towns, villages and settlements of Aglona Parish :* Aglona...
, Grāveri parish
Grāveri parish
- Towns, villages and settlements of Grāveri parish :*...
, Kastuļina parish
Kastuļina parish
- Towns, villages and settlements of Kastuļina parish :*...
and Šķeltova parish
Šķeltova parish
- Towns, villages and settlements of Šķeltova parish :*...
the administrative centre being Aglona
Aglona
Aglona is a village in Aglona municipality, Latvia. It is located 40 kilometers northeast of the city of Daugavpils. Aglona is famous in Latvia and beyond for its basilica — the most important Catholic church in the country — which was once visited by Pope John Paul II, and which attracts...
.