Ogre Municipality
Ogre Municipality (Latvian: Ogres novads) is a municipality in Vidzeme, Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2002 by merging Ogre town and Ogresgals Parish. In 2009 it absorbed Krape Parish, Ķeipene Parish, Laubere Parish, Madliena Parish, Mazozoli Parish, Meņģele Parish, Suntaži Parish and Taurupe Parish, the administrative centre being Ogre.
Ogre Municipality
Ogres novads | |
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| Country |  Latvia |
| Formed | 2002 |
| Centre | Ogre |
| Government | |
| • Council Chair | Egīls Helmanis (NA) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 993.4 km2 (383.6 sq mi) |
| Population (2018)[2] | |
| • Total | 35,255 |
| • Density | 35/km2 (92/sq mi) |
| Website | www |
Population
| Territorial unit | Population (year) |
|---|---|
| Krape parish | 635 (2018)[3] |
| Ķeipene Parish | 952 (2018) |
| Laubere Parish | 637 (2018) |
| Madliena Parish | 1578 (2018) |
| Mazozoli Parish | 480 (2018) |
| Meņģele Parish | 534 (2018) |
| Ogre | 24761 (2018) |
| Ogresgals Parish | 3056 (2018) |
| Suntaži Parish | 1826 (2018) |
| Taurupe Parish | 796 (2018) |
Twin towns — sister cities
Ånge, Sweden
Basarabeasca, Moldova
Chernihiv, Ukraine
Hengelo, Netherlands
Jõhvi, Estonia
Joué-lès-Tours, France
Kelmė, Lithuania
Kerava, Finland
Maymana, Afghanistan
Slonim, Belarus
See also
- Administrative divisions of Latvia (2009)
References
- The Ministry of Regional Development and Local Government of the Republic of Latvia Archived February 7, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
- "The Central Election Commission of Latvia". Archived from the original on 2012-04-06. Retrieved 2009-08-12.
- "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-10-09. Retrieved 2018-11-20.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "Starptautiskā sadarbība". ogre.lv (in Latvian). Ogre. Retrieved 2019-08-31.
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