Inčukalns municipality
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Inčukalns municipality is a municipality
in Vidzeme
, Latvia
. The municipality was formed in 2006 by merging Inčukalns parish and Vangaži
town the administrative centre being Inčukalns
.
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 Vidzeme
Vidzeme
Vidzeme is one of the historical and cultural regions of Latvia. Literally meaning "the Middle Land" it is situated in north-central Latvia 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 2006 by merging Inčukalns parish and Vangaži
Vangaži
-History:The name Vangaži was first mentioned in the 17th century as the name of a local manor. The name itself is a combination of two words in the Livonian language - vang and aži . Since the 17th century there was also a Lutheran church in Vangaži...
town the administrative centre being Inčukalns
Inčukalns
Inčukalns is a village in Inčukalns municipality, Latvia. Inčukalns had 2,028 residents as of 2006....
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