:Viesīte Municipality

{{Short description|Municipality of Latvia}}

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| name = Viesīte Municipality

| native_name = Viesītes novads

| native_name_lang = lv

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| settlement_type = Municipality

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| subdivision_type = Country

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| established_title = Formed

| established_date = 2009

| seat_type = Centre

| seat = Viesīte

| leader_title = Council Chair

| leader_name = Alfons Žuks

| leader_party = V

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| website = {{url|www.viesite.lv}}

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Viesīte Municipality ({{langx|lv|Viesītes novads}}) is a former 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. In 2010 Viesīte parish was created from the countryside territory of Viesīte town. The population in 2020 was 3,500.{{Cite web | url=http://data.csb.gov.lv/pxweb/en/iedz/iedz__iedzskaits__ikgad/ISG020.px/ | title=ISG020. Population number and its change by statistical region, city, town, 21 development centres and counties | publisher=Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia|date=2020-01-01|access-date=2021-02-12}}

On 1 July 2021, Viesīte Municipality ceased to exist and its territory was merged into Jēkabpils Municipality.{{Cite web |title=Administratīvo teritoriju un apdzīvoto vietu likums |url=https://likumi.lv/doc.php?id=315654 |access-date=2024-08-08 |website=LIKUMI.LV |language=lv}}