Preiļi municipality
Encyclopedia
Preiļi municipality is a municipality
in Latgale
, Latvia
. The municipality was formed in 2000 by merging Aizkalne parish, Preiļi parish and Preiļi
town
. In 2009 it absorbed Pelēči parish
and Sauna parish
, too the administrative centre being Preiļi.
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 2000 by merging Aizkalne parish, Preiļi parish and Preiļi
Preili
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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 Pelēči parish
Pelēči parish
- Towns, villages and settlements of Pelēči parish :*...
and Sauna parish
Sauna parish
- Towns, villages and settlements of Sauna parish :*...
, too the administrative centre being Preiļi.