Sala municipality, Latvia
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Sala municipality is a municipality
in Selonia
, Latvia
. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Sala parish
and Sēlpils parish
the administrative centre being Sala.
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 Selonia
Selonia
Selonia , also known as Augšzeme , is a cultural region of Latvia encompassing the eastern part of the historical region of Semigallia...
, 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 Sala parish
Sala parish, Jēkabpils District
- Towns, villages and settlements of Sala parish, Jēkabpils District :*...
and Sēlpils parish
Sēlpils parish
- Towns, villages and settlements of Sēlpils parish :*...
the administrative centre being Sala.