Jelgava Municipality
Jelgava Municipality (Latvian: Jelgavas novads) is a municipality in Zemgale, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Eleja parish, Glūda parish, Jaunsvirlauka parish, Lielplatone parish, Līvbērze parish, Platone parish, Sesava parish, Svēte parish, Valgunde parish, Vilce parish, Vircava parish, Zaļenieki parish and Kalnciems town with its countryside territory the administrative centre located in Jelgava city, which is not included in the territory of municipality.
Jelgava Municipality
Jelgavas novads | |
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| Country |  Latvia |
| Formed | 2009 |
| Centre | Jelgava (extraterritorially) |
| Government | |
| • Council Chair | Ziedonis Caune (LZS) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,319 km2 (509 sq mi) |
| Population (2009)[2] | |
| • Total | 27,276 |
| • Density | 21/km2 (54/sq mi) |
| Website | www |
Twin towns — sister cities
Jelgava Municipality is twinned with:[3]
Alytus, Lithuania
Argeș County, Romania
Baena, Spain
Glodeni District, Moldova
Grodno District, Belarus- Joniškis, Lithuania
Recklinghausen, Germany- Slawharad, Belarus
Suwałki, Poland
Trivero, Italy
See also
References
- The Ministry of Regional Development and Local Government of the Republic of Latvia Archived 2014-02-07 at the Wayback Machine
- "The Central Election Commission of Latvia". Archived from the original on 2012-04-06. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
- "Sadraudzība". jelgavasnovads.lv (in Latvian). Jelgavas novads. Retrieved 2019-09-17.
External links
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