Vecpiebalga municipality
Encyclopedia
Vecpiebalga municipality is a municipality
in Vidzeme
, Latvia
. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Dzērbene parish
, Ineši parish
, Kaive parish
, Taurene parish
and Vecpiebalga parish
; the administrative centre being Vecpiebalga
.
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 Vidzeme
Vidzeme
Vidzeme is one of the historical and cultural regions of Latvia. Literally meaning "the Middle Land" it is situated in north-central Latvia 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 Dzērbene parish
Dzērbene parish
- Towns, villages and settlements of Dzērbene parish :*...
, Ineši parish
Ineši parish
- Towns, villages and settlements of Ineši parish :*...
, Kaive parish
Kaive parish
- Towns, villages and settlements of Kaive parish :*...
, Taurene parish
Taurene parish
- Towns, villages and settlements of Taurene parish :*...
and Vecpiebalga parish
Vecpiebalga parish
- Towns, villages and settlements of Vecpiebalga parish :*...
; the administrative centre being Vecpiebalga
Vecpiebalga
Vecpiebalga is a village in Vecpiebalga municipality, Latvia. Vecpiebalga had 596 residents as of 2006....
.