Upmala Parish

Upmala Parish is an administrative unit of Preiļi Municipality,[3] Latvia. From 2009 until 2021, it was part of the former Vārkava Municipality[4][5][6][7]

Upmala Parish
parish of Latvia
56°14′34″N 26°28′56″E
CountryLatvia
Area
[1]
 • Total97.99 km2 (37.83 sq mi)
 • Land96.31 km2 (37.19 sq mi)
 • Water1.68 km2 (0.65 sq mi)
Population
 (1 January 2021)[2]
 • Total602
 • Density6.1/km2 (16/sq mi)

History

Upmalas village was formed in 1975 from the liquidated part of Stradiņi village and Vārkava village. In 1977 part of Upmala village was added to Rožkalnu village. In 1979, part of the Rauniešu village area was added to Upmalas village. The village was reorganized into a parish in 1990. In 2002, Upmala Parish merged with Rožkalnu Parish to form Vārkava Municipality.

References
  1. https://data.stat.gov.lv/pxweb/lv/OSP_PUB/START__ENV__DR__DRT/DRT010/; Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia; retrieved: 26 February 2021.
  2. https://data.stat.gov.lv/pxweb/lv/OSP_PUB/START__POP__IR__IRS/IRD060/; Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia; retrieved: 15 June 2021.
  3. Law on Administrative Territories and Populated Areas
  4. "Administratīvo teritoriju un apdzīvoto vietu likums" (in Latvian). likumi.lv. 2008-12-18. Retrieved 2010-01-05.
  5. "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.
  6. "Grozījumi Administratīvo teritoriju un apdzīvoto vietu likumā". LIKUMI.LV (in Latvian). Retrieved 2019-02-17.
  7. "2011 Census Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-11-14. Retrieved 2017-08-02.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.