Rugāji municipality
Encyclopedia
Rugāji municipality is a municipality
in Latgale
, Latvia
. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Rugāji parish
and Lazdukalns parish
the administrative centre being Rugāji
.
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 Rugāji parish
Rugāji parish
Rugāji parish is an administrative unit of the Balvi District, Latvia....
and Lazdukalns parish
Lazdukalns parish
- Towns, villages and settlements of Lazdukalns parish :*...
the administrative centre being Rugāji
Rugāji
Rugāji is a village in and center of Rugāji municipality, Latvia....
.