Līvāni municipality
Encyclopedia
Līvāni municipality is a municipality
in Latgale
, Latvia
. The municipality was formed in 1999 by merging Rožupe parish, Turki parish and Līvāni
town
. In 2009 it absorbed Jersika parish
, Rudzāti parish
and Sutri parish
, too the administrative centre being Līvāni.
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 1999 by merging Rožupe parish, Turki parish and Līvāni
Livani
Līvāni is a town in central Latvia. It is situated at the junction of the Dubna and Daugava rivers, approximately 170 kilometers east of Riga, the capital....
town
Town
A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...
. In 2009 it absorbed Jersika parish
Jersika parish
Jersika parish is an administrative unit of the Līvāni municipality, Latvia....
, Rudzāti parish
Rudzāti parish
- Towns, villages and settlements of Rudzāti parish :*...
and Sutri parish
Sutri parish
- Towns, villages and settlements of Sutri parish :*...
, too the administrative centre being Līvāni.