Ķegums municipality
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Ķegums municipality is a municipality
in Latvia
. The municipality was formed in 2002 by merging Rembate parish and Ķegums
town with its countryside territory. In 2009 it absorbed Birzgale parish
, too the administrative centre being Ķegums.
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 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 2002 by merging Rembate parish and Ķegums
Kegums
-Sport:Ķegums has been host to the Latvian Sidecarcross Grand Prix numerous times and will be hosting it again in 2010, on 8 August.In the 2009, Ķegums also hosted the Latvian Motocross Grand Prix.-See also:*List of cities in Latvia...
town with its countryside territory. In 2009 it absorbed Birzgale parish
Birzgale parish
- Towns, villages and settlements of Birzgale parish :*...
, too the administrative centre being Ķegums.