Daugavpils Municipality

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| name = Daugavpils Municipality

| native_name = Daugavpils novads

| native_name_lang = lv

| settlement_type = Former municipality

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| subdivision_type = Country

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| established_title = Formed

| established_date = 2009

| seat_type = Centre

| seat = Daugavpils (extraterritorially)

| leader_title = Council Chair

| leader_name = Arvīds Kucins
(Daugavpils Municipality Party)

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Daugavpils Municipality ({{langx|lv|Daugavpils novads}}) was a municipality in Latgale, Latvia from 2009 to 2021.

It was formed in 2009 by merging Ambeļi parish, Biķernieki parish, Demene parish, Dubna parish, Kalkūne parish, Kalupe parish, Laucesa parish, Līksna parish, Maļinova parish, Medumi parish, Naujene parish, Nīcgale parish, Saliena parish, Skrudaliena parish, Svente parish, Tabore parish, Vabole parish, Vecsaliena parish and Višķi parish, with the administration located in Daugavpils city, which was not included within the municipality.

After the 2021 reform it merged with Ilūkste Municipality to form the Augšdaugava Municipality within the borders of the former Daugavpils district.

As of 2020, the population was 19,639.{{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 county | publisher=Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia|date=2020-01-01|access-date=2021-02-12}}

Demographics

= Ethnic composition =

As of 1 January 2010 the ethnic composition of the municipality is as follows:{{cite web|url=http://www.pmlp.gov.lv/lv/statistika/dokuments/2009/3ISPN_Pasvaldibas_pec_TTB.pdf|title=Iedzīvotāju skaits pašvaldībās pēc nacionālā sastāva 01.01.2010|date=2010-01-23|publisher=Pilsonības un migrācijas lietu pārvalde|access-date=2010-06-26|archive-date=2012-03-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120302124602/http://www.pmlp.gov.lv/lv/statistika/dokuments/2009/3ISPN_Pasvaldibas_pec_TTB.pdf|url-status=dead}}

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Ethnic group

!Number

!%

Russians

|12182

|42,72 %

Latvians

|9494

|33,29 %

Poles

|3673

|12,88 %

Belarusians

|1898

|6,66 %

Ukrainians

|411

|1,44 %

Others

|859

|3,01 %

Twin towns — sister cities

{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Latvia}}

Daugavpils Municipality is twinned with:{{cite web |title=About the district|url=https://www.daugavpilsnovads.lv/novads/about-the-district/|website=daugavpilsnovads.lv|publisher=Daugavpils novads|access-date=2019-09-06}}

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Gallery

File:Nīcgale church 2.jpg|{{small|Nīcgale Nativity of the Virgin Mary Roman Catholic Church}}

File:Gpsandariskijun990fc.jpg|{{small|The Daugava River in the Bows of the Daugava Nature Park}}

File:Svente manor.jpg|{{small|Svente manor}}

File:Elerne church.jpg|{{small|Elerne Roman Catholic (formerly Lutheran) Church, Tabore parish}}

File:Līksna church.jpg|{{small|Līksna Sacred Heart of Jesus Roman Catholic Church}}

File:Daugavas loki.jpg|{{small|The Daugava River}}

File:Medumi Secondary School in 2001.jpg|{{small|Medumi secondary school}}

File:Nīcgales Lielais akmens 2002-06-29.jpg|{{small|Great stone of Nīcgale}}

File:Wyszki. Kościół p.w. Św. Jana Chrzciciela w Wyszkach.jpg|{{small|Roman Catholic church in Višķi}}

See also

References

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{{Latvian municipalities 2009}}

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Category:Former municipalities of Latvia

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