Vārkava municipality
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Vārkava municipality is a municipality
in Latgale
, Latvia
. The municipality was formed in 2002 by merging Rožkalni parish and Upmale parish. In 2009 it absorbed Vārkava parish
, too; the administrative centre being Vecvārkava
.
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 2002 by merging Rožkalni parish and Upmale parish. In 2009 it absorbed Vārkava parish
Vārkava parish
- Towns, villages and settlements of Vārkava parish :The central village in the parish is Vārkava. The village, parish, and surrounding municipality are also called Vorkova in the Latgalian language....
, too; the administrative centre being Vecvārkava
Vecvārkava
Vecvārkava is a village in and the centre of Vārkava municipality and Upmale parish, Latvia....
.