Salaspils Municipality
Salaspils Municipality
Salaspils novads | |
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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
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| Country |  Latvia |
| Formed | 2004 |
| Centre | Salaspils |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Raimonds Čudars |
| Area | |
• Total | 126.9 km2 (49.0 sq mi) |
| Population (2009)[2] | |
• Total | 22,810 |
| • Density | 180/km2 (470/sq mi) |
| Website | www |
Salaspils Municipality (Template:Lang-lv) is a municipality in Vidzeme, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2004 by reorganization of Salaspils town and its rural territory, the administrative centre being Salaspils. In 2010 the rural territory was renamed Salaspils parish.
Twin towns — sister cities
Patron of the University of Latvia
Salaspils municipality is a silver patron of the University of Latvia Foundation. Has been supporting the University of Latvia since 2013, when a scholarship was established to support young people in their region who start basic studies in one of Latvia's higher education institutions, fulfilling the criteria, support is provided throughout the basic studies.[3]
Finspång, Sweden
Finsterwalde, Germany
Wieliszew, Poland
See also
References
- ^ The Ministry of Regional Development and Local Government of the Republic of Latvia
- ^ The Central Election Commission of Latvia
- ^ https://www.fonds.lv/lepojamies/mecenati/sudraba-mecenati/salaspils-novada-pasvaldiba/
- ^ "Sadraudzības pilsētas". salaspils.lv (in Latvian). Salaspils. Retrieved 2019-08-31.
External links
Media related to Salaspils Municipality at Wikimedia Commons
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