Kārsava municipality
Encyclopedia
Kārsava municipality is a municipality
in Latgale
, Latvia
. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Goliševa parish
, Malnava parish
, Mērdzene parish
, Mežvidi parish
, Salnava parish
and Kārsava
town the administrative centre being Kārsava.
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 Latgale
Latgale
Latgale is one of the four historical and cultural regions of Latvia recognised in the Constitution of the Latvian Republic. It is the easternmost region north of the Daugava River...
, 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 Goliševa parish
Goliševa parish
- Towns, villages and settlements of Goliševa parish :*...
, Malnava parish
Malnava parish
- Towns, villages and settlements of Malnava parish :*...
, Mērdzene parish
Mērdzene parish
- Towns, villages and settlements of Mērdzene parish :*...
, Mežvidi parish
Mežvidi parish
- Towns, villages and settlements of Mežvidi parish :*...
, Salnava parish
Salnava parish
- Towns, villages and settlements of Salnava parish :*...
and Kārsava
Karsava
Kārsava is a town in Latvia.-See also:*List of cities in Latvia...
town the administrative centre being Kārsava.