Ķekava Municipality

Ķekava Municipality (Latvian: Ķekavas novads) is a municipality in Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Baloži town, Daugmale Parish and Ķekava Parish, the administrative centre being Ķekava.

Ķekava Municipality

Ķekavas novads
Municipality
Flag
Coat of arms
Country Latvia
Formed2009
CentreĶekava
Government
 • ChairwomanViktorija Baire (Independent)
Area
 • Total273 km2 (105 sq mi)
Population
 (2015)[2]
 • Total22,788
 • Density83/km2 (220/sq mi)
Websitewww.kekava.lv

Sightseeing
  • Local History Museum of Ķekava
  • Museum of Daugmale elementary school
  • Pines of Katlakalns
  • Ostvald's canal
  • Ķekava (Dole) Lutheran Church
  • Lutheran church in Odukalns
  • Katlakalns Church
  • Dole Recreation center
  • Ķekava primary school
  • Manor house of Rāmava
  • Memorial stone to honor repressed people from the region
  • E. Ostwald's Memorial stone
  • Gravestones of Garlieb Merkel and Johann Heinrich Baumann in Katlakalns cemetery
  • Memorial stone for Roberts Mūrnieks
  • Memorial stone "Refugee road"
  • Jāņi Hill – sacred hill of ancestors
  • Death Island
  • World War I cemetery at Truseļi
  • Katlakalns World War I cemetery
  • Baloži Frog
  • Fountain in Baloži
  • Titurga lake
  • Daugmale castle mound
  • Mūlkalns[3]

Twin towns — sister cities
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Latvia

Ķekava is twinned with:[4]

See also

References
  1. The Ministry of Regional Development and Local Government of the Republic of Latvia
  2. The Central Election Commission of Latvia
  3. Culture in Ķekava municipality
  4. "Starptautiskā sadarbība". kekava.lv (in Latvian). Ķekavas novads. Retrieved 2019-09-16.


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