Administrative divisions of Latvia
The current administrative division of Latvia is valid since 1 July 2009. According to the Administrative territorial reform of Latvia, Latvia changed its administrative divisions from two-level municipalities (the districts were the first-level municipalities, while towns (cities), town's countryside territories and parishes were the second-level municipalities) to one-level municipalities - districts were abolished, while towns/cities (Latvian: pilsētas, plural), town's countryside territories (Latvian: pilsētu lauku teritorijas, plural) and parishes (Latvian: pagasti, plural) were merged into 110 municipalities (Latvian: novadi, plural), while 9 larger cities got the status of republican cities (Latvian: republikas pilsētas, plural).[1] with their own city council and administration.[2][3]
Municipalities are mainly subdivided into territorial units (novada teritoriālās vienības): municipality parishes (novada pagasti) and municipality towns (novada pilsētas),[4] however, there are municipalities without any subdivision.
On 10 June 2020, Saeima approved municipal reform that will reduce the 110 municipalities and 9 cities to 42 local governments.[5]
Republican cities
![](../I/m/Latvijas_novadi_un_pagasti.png)
№ | Name of the City | Population (2011 census)[6] |
GDP billions €, 2016[7] |
GDP per capita €, 2016[7] |
---|---|---|---|---|
1. | ![]() |
93,312 | 0.716 | 8,400 |
2. | ![]() |
24,635 | 0.204 | 9,000 |
3. | ![]() |
59,511 | 0.545 | 9,600 |
4. | ![]() |
50,840 | 0.335 | 6,900 |
5. | ![]() |
76,731 | 0.792 | 11,300 |
6. | ![]() |
32,328 | 0.288 | 10,100 |
7. | ![]() |
658,640 | 13.500 | 21,100 |
8. | ![]() |
25,130 | 0.359 | 15,500 |
9. | ![]() |
38,750 | 0.470 | 13,200 |
Municipalities and their territorial units
![](../I/m/Latvijas_novadi_(kr%C4%81s%C4%81s).png)
See also
References
- HISTORY AND PROGRESS OF TERRITORIAL REFORM IN LATVIA
- "Administratīvo teritoriju un apdzīvoto vietu likums" (in Latvian). likumi.lv. 2008-12-18. Retrieved 2010-01-05.
- "Administratīvo teritoriju un apdzīvoto vietu likums". nais.lv (in Latvian). 2008-12-18. Archived from the original on 2015-11-17. Retrieved 2015-09-10.
- "Saeima finally approves major regional reforms". Latvian Public Broadcasting. 11 June 2020. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
- "2011 Census Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-11-14. Retrieved 2017-08-02.
- https://data1.csb.gov.lv/pxweb/en/ekfin/ekfin__ikp__reg/IKG10_110.px/table/tableViewLayout1/?rxid=dcc30576-1e14-481f-a372-9698956b3f68