Ilūkste Municipality

Ilūkste Municipality (Latvian: Ilūkstes novads) is a municipality in Selonia, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2003 by merging Pilskalne Parish, Šēdere Parish, Bebrene Parish and Ilūkste town. In 2009 it absorbed Dviete parish, Eglaine parish and Subate town with its rural area the administrative centre being Ilūkste. In 2010 the rural area of Subate was reorganised as a separate territorial entity, Prode Parish.

Ilūkste Municipality Ilūkstes novads
Municipality
Flag Coat of arms
Country	Latvia
Formed	2003
Centre	Ilūkste
Government
• Chairman	Stefans Rāzna (LZS)
Area [1]
• Total	647.9 km^2 (250.2 sq mi)
Population  (2009)[2]
• Total	9,231
• Density	14/km^2 (37/sq mi)
Website	www.ilukste.lv

Demographics

Ethnic composition

As of 1 January 2010 the ethnic composition of the municipality is as follows:[3]

Ethnic group	Number	%
Latvians	5765	63,41 %
Russians	1871	20,58 %
Poles	770	8,47 %
Belarusians	251	2,76 %
Lithuanians	242	2,66 %
Others	192	2,11 %

See also

• Administrative divisions of Latvia
• Kreis Illuxt

References

1. The Ministry of Regional Development and Local Government of the Republic of Latvia Archived February 7, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
2. "The Central Election Commission of Latvia". Archived from the original on 2012-02-05. Retrieved 2009-08-06.
3. "Iedzīvotāju skaits pašvaldībās pēc nacionālā sastāva 01.01.2010" (PDF). Pilsonības un migrācijas lietu pārvalde. 2010-01-23. Retrieved 2010-06-26.