List of former cities of Latvia

Former cities of Latvia are entities that once had city rights and were located in the territory of Latvia. The main reasons why these entities have lost their status as cities of Latvia are destructions due to wars or mergers into larger entities.

City City rights Lost Reason
Abrene pronunciation  
 1933 Transferred to the Russian SFSR in 1944. Now Pytalovo in the Russian Federation
Gostiņi pronunciation  
 1933 1956 Merged into Pļaviņas
Grīva pronunciation  
 1917 1956 Merged into Daugavpils;
Kalnciems pronunciation  
 1991 2010 The town and its rural territory was transformed into parish
Koknese pronunciation  
 1277[1] Lost its significance after Polish-Swedish Wars and Great Northern War,
and Plague in 1709–1710 that killed 80% of inhabitants
Krustpils pronunciation  
 1920 1964 Merged into Jēkabpils
Ķemeri pronunciation  
 1928 1959 Merged with Rīgas Jūrmala and Sloka to form Jūrmala
Lejasciems pronunciation  
 1928 1939 Lost its significance
Rauna pronunciation  
 1590 The 16th to 18th century wars town completely destroyed and the present Rauna settlements origins in the 19th century.
Rīgas Jūrmala pronunciation  
 1920 1946 Merged into Riga; Later merged with Ķemeri and Sloka to form Jūrmala
Sēlpils pronunciation   1621 around 1705 Lost its significance after Great Northern War
Sloka pronunciation  
 1785 1959 Merged with Rīgas Jūrmala and Ķemeri to form Jūrmala
Straupe pronunciation  
 1356[1] Lost its significance after wars in the 17th century

See also
  • List of cities in Latvia

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 11 July 2010. Retrieved 17 September 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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