Madona municipality
Encyclopedia
Madona municipality is a municipality
in Vidzeme
, Latvia
. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Arona parish
, Barkava parish
, Bērzaune parish
, Dzelzava parish
, Kalsnava parish
, Lazdona parish
, Liezēre parish
, Ļaudona parish
, Mārciena parish
, Mētriena parish
, Ošupe parish
, Prauliena parish
, Sarkaņi parish
, Vestiena parish
and Madona
town
the administrative centre being Madona.
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 Vidzeme
Vidzeme
Vidzeme is one of the historical and cultural regions of Latvia. Literally meaning "the Middle Land" it is situated in north-central Latvia 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 Arona parish
Arona parish
- Towns, villages and settlements of Arona parish :*...
, Barkava parish
Barkava parish
- Towns, villages and settlements of Barkava parish :*...
, Bērzaune parish
Bērzaune parish
- Towns, villages and settlements of Bērzaune parish :* Bērzaune...
, Dzelzava parish
Dzelzava parish
- Towns, villages and settlements of Dzelzava parish :*...
, Kalsnava parish
Kalsnava parish
- Towns, villages and settlements of Kalsnava parish :*...
, Lazdona parish
Lazdona parish
- Towns, villages and settlements of Lazdona parish :*...
, Liezēre parish
Liezēre parish
- Towns, villages and settlements of Liezēre parish :*...
, Ļaudona parish
Ļaudona parish
- Towns, villages and settlements of Ļaudona parish :* Ļaudona...
, Mārciena parish
Mārciena parish
- Towns, villages and settlements of Mārciena parish :*...
, Mētriena parish
Mētriena parish
- Towns, villages and settlements of Mētriena parish :*...
, Ošupe parish
Ošupe parish
- Towns, villages and settlements of Ošupe parish :*...
, Prauliena parish
Prauliena parish
- Towns, villages and settlements of Prauliena parish :*...
, Sarkaņi parish
Sarkaņi parish
- Towns, villages and settlements of Sarkaņi parish :*...
, Vestiena parish
Vestiena parish
Vestiena parish is an administrative unit of the Madona municipality, Latvia.- Towns, villages and settlements of Vestiena parish :*...
and Madona
Madona
When it comes to age distribution of the Madona inhabitants, the majority group consisting of 5,925 people are registered as "labour-capable" ; 1,339 are under the age of "labour-capability" and 1867 are over...
town
Town
A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...
the administrative centre being Madona.