Viļaka municipality
Encyclopedia
Viļaka municipality is a municipality
in Latgale
, Latvia
. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Kuprava parish
, Medņeva parish
, Susāji parish
, Šķilbēni parish
, Vecumi parish
, Žīguri parish
and Viļaka
town
; the administrative centre being Viļaka.
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 Kuprava parish
Kuprava parish
- Towns, villages and settlements of Kuprava parish :*...
, Medņeva parish
Medņeva parish
- Towns, villages and settlements of Medņeva parish :*...
, Susāji parish
Susāji parish
- Towns, villages and settlements of Susāji parish :*...
, Šķilbēni parish
Šķilbēni parish
- Towns, villages and settlements of Šķilbēni parish :*...
, Vecumi parish
Vecumi parish
- Towns, villages and settlements of Vecumi parish :*...
, Žīguri parish
Žīguri parish
- Towns, villages and settlements of Žīguri parish :*...
and Viļaka
Vilaka
Viļaka is a town in Latvia.Viļaka is the birthplace of Shabtai Daniel, the Israeli journalist and politician.-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...
; the administrative centre being Viļaka.