Viesīte Municipality
Viesīte Municipality
Viesītes novads | |
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 Coat of arms | |
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| Country |  Latvia |
| Formed | 2009 |
| Centre | Viesīte |
| Government | |
| • Council Chair | Alfons Žuks (V) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 651.15 km2 (251.41 sq mi) |
| • Land | 626.62 km2 (241.94 sq mi) |
| • Water | 24.53 km2 (9.47 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | |
| • Total | 3,535 |
| • Density | 5.4/km2 (14/sq mi) |
| Website | www |
Viesīte Municipality (Latvian: Viesītes novads) is a municipality in Selonia, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Elkšņi parish, Rite parish, Sauka parish and Viesīte town with its countryside territory, the administrative centre being Viesīte. In 2010 Viesīte parish was created from the countryside territory of Viesīte town. The population in 2020 was 3,500.[3]
Twin towns — sister cities[]
Viesīte is twinned with:[4]
Czeladź, Poland
Pastavy District, Belarus
Rokiškis, Lithuania
Zhydachiv, Ukraine
See also[]
References[]
- ^ https://data.stat.gov.lv/pxweb/lv/OSP_PUB/START__ENV__DR__DRT/DRT010/; Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia; retrieved: 25 February 2021.
- ^ https://data.stat.gov.lv/pxweb/lv/OSP_PUB/START__POP__IR__IRS/IRD060/; Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia; retrieved: 15 June 2021.
- ^ "ISG020. Population number and its change by statistical region, city, town, 21 development centres and counties". Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. 2020-01-01. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
- ^ "Starptautiskā sadarbība". viesite.lv (in Latvian). Viesīte. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
External links[]
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