Varakļāni municipality
Encyclopedia
Varakļāni municipality is a municipality
in Latgale
, Latvia
. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Varakļāni
town
, Murmastiene parish
and Varakļāni parish
; the administrative centre being Varakļāni.
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 Varakļāni
Varaklani
-See also:*List of cities in Latvia...
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...
, Murmastiene parish
Murmastiene parish
- Towns, villages and settlements of Murmastiene parish :*...
and Varakļāni parish
Varakļāni parish
- Towns, villages and settlements of Varakļāni parish :*...
; the administrative centre being Varakļāni.