Ķekava Municipality

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Ķekava Municipality
Ķekavas novads
Municipality
Flag of Ķekava Municipality
Flag
Coat of arms of Ķekava Municipality
Coat of arms
Ķekavas novada karte.png
Country Latvia
Formed2009
CentreĶekava
Government
 • Council ChairViktorija Baire (Independent)
Area
[1]
 • Total275.40 km2 (106.33 sq mi)
 • Land258.71 km2 (99.89 sq mi)
 • Water16.69 km2 (6.44 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
 • Total24,631
 • Density89/km2 (230/sq mi)
Websitewww.kekava.lv

Ķekava Municipality (Latvian: Ķekavas novads) is a municipality in Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Baloži town, Daugmale Parish and Ķekava Parish, the administrative centre being Ķekava.

Sightseeing[]

  • Local History Museum of Ķekava
  • Museum of Daugmale elementary school
  • Pines of Katlakalns
  • Ostvald's canal
  • Ķekava (Dole) Lutheran Church
  • Lutheran church in Odukalns
  • Katlakalns Church
  • Dole Recreation center
  • Ķekava primary school
  • Manor house of Rāmava
  • Memorial stone to honor repressed people from the region
  • E. Ostwald's Memorial stone
  • Gravestones of Garlieb Merkel and Johann Heinrich Baumann in Katlakalns cemetery
  • Memorial stone for Roberts Mūrnieks
  • Memorial stone "Refugee road"
  • Jāņi Hill – sacred hill of ancestors
  • World War I cemetery at Truseļi
  • Katlakalns World War I cemetery
  • Baloži Frog
  • Fountain in Baloži
  • Titurga lake
  • Daugmale castle mound
  • Mūlkalns[3]

Twin towns — sister cities[]

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Latvia

Ķekava is twinned with:[4]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ https://data.stat.gov.lv/pxweb/lv/OSP_PUB/START__ENV__DR__DRT/DRT010/; Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia; retrieved: 25 February 2021.
  2. ^ https://data.stat.gov.lv/pxweb/lv/OSP_PUB/START__POP__IR__IRS/IRD060/; Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia; retrieved: 15 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Culture in Ķekava municipality".
  4. ^ "Starptautiskā sadarbība". kekava.lv (in Latvian). Ķekavas novads. Retrieved 2019-09-16.

External links[]

Coordinates: 56°52′N 24°07′E / 56.867°N 24.117°E / 56.867; 24.117


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