Olaine Municipality
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Olaine Municipality Olaines novads | |
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| Country |  Latvia |
| Formed | 2009 |
| Centre | Olaine |
| Government | |
| • Council Chair | Andris Bergs (LSDSP) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 308.68 km2 (119.18 sq mi) |
| • Land | 297.15 km2 (114.73 sq mi) |
| • Water | 11.53 km2 (4.45 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | |
| • Total | 20,505 |
| • Density | 66/km2 (170/sq mi) |
| Website | www |
Olaine Municipality (Latvian: Olaines novads) is a municipality in Latvia. The municipality was formed in 2009 by merging Olaine parish and Olaine town the administrative centre being Olaine. The population in 2020 was 19,667.[3]
After the 2021 administrative reform, a part of Ķekava Parish of Ķekava Municipality (near the village of Jāņupe) was added to connect both of the separated areas of the municipality.
Twin towns — sister cities[edit]
Karlskoga, Sweden
Nowa Sarzyna, Poland- Ödeshög, Sweden
Riihimäki, Finland- Vadstena, Sweden
Images[edit]
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Boundaries of the municipality from 2009 to 2021
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Reģionu, novadu, pilsētu un pagastu kopējā un sauszemes platība gada sākumā". Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
- ^ "Iedzīvotāju skaits pēc tautības reģionos, pilsētās, novados, pagastos, apkaimēs un blīvi apdzīvotās teritorijās gada sākumā (pēc administratīvi teritoriālās reformas 2021. gadā) 2021 - 2022". Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
- ^ "ISG020. Population number and its change by statistical region, city, town, 21 development centres and county". Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. 2020-01-01. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
- ^ "Olaines novada – Attīstības programma 2014. – 2020. gadam" (PDF). olaine.lv (in Latvian). Olaine. p. 63. Retrieved 2019-08-31.
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56°46′20″N 24°00′07″E / 56.7722°N 24.0019°E
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