Viesīte municipality
Encyclopedia
Viesīte municipality 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.
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 Elkšņi parish
Elkšņi parish
- Towns, villages and settlements of Elkšņi parish :*...
, Rite parish
Rite parish
- Towns, villages and settlements of Rite parish :*...
, Sauka parish
Sauka parish
- Towns, villages and settlements of Sauka parish :*...
and Viesīte
Viesite
Viesīte is a town in the western part of Jēkabpils County, Latvia.Viesīte is typical Selonia town that cherished by its people, now is blossoming on the hills in the very middle of district...
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...
with its countryside territory; the administrative centre being Viesīte.