Ludza municipality is a municipality

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

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. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Briģi parish

Briģi parish

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, Cirma parish

Cirma parish

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, Isnauda parish

Isnauda parish

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, Istra parish

Istra parish

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, Nirza parish

Nirza parish

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, Ņukši parish

Ņukši parish

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, Pilda parish

Pilda parish

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, Pureņi parish

Pureņi parish

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, Rundēni parish and Ludza

Ludza

Ludza is a town in the Latgalia region of eastern Latvia. The population as of 2004 was 10,247.Until July 1, 2009 Ludza was the administrative centre of Ludza District...

 town

Town

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the administrative centre being Ludza.

The municipality is located 267 km from the capital of Latvia - Riga, by the Latvian-Russian border, i.e. by the border of the European Union with the Russian Federation.

The territory of the municipality is crossed by the road of international importance Riga-Moscow and by the railroad Riga-Moscow.