Jaunjelgava municipality
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Jaunjelgava municipality is a municipality
in Selonia
, Latvia
. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Sece parish
, Sērene parish
, Staburags parish
, Sunākste parish
and Jaunjelgava
town with its countryside territory the administrative centre being Jaunjelgava.
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 Selonia
Selonia
Selonia , also known as Augšzeme , is a cultural region of Latvia encompassing the eastern part of the historical region of Semigallia...
, 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 2009 by merging Sece parish
Sece Parish
Sece parish is an administrative unit of the Aizkraukle District, Latvia.- Towns, villages and settlements of Sece parish :*Biķernieki*Dalbes*Kaļandri*Kampāni*Pinkas*Purviņi*Sece*Škutāni*Šļūkas*Ziedāni...
, Sērene parish
Sērene Parish
- Towns, villages and settlements of Sērene parish :*Dīķi*Krolīši*Talsiņa*Sērene...
, Staburags parish
Staburags Parish
- Towns, villages and settlements of Staburags parish :*Robežkrogs*Staburags...
, Sunākste parish
Sunākste Parish
- Towns, villages and settlements of Sunākste parish :*Lielsunākste*Mazsunākste*Pikslauki*Sunākste*Zilkalne...
and Jaunjelgava
Jaunjelgava
-See also:*List of cities in Latvia...
town with its countryside territory the administrative centre being Jaunjelgava.